Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain & Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, 2011, The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems, Zoosystema 33 (3), pp. 325-360 : 334-335

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547064

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C034-6E7B-FD11-FA4B6D0BE18D

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scientific name

Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856
status

 

Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 10 specimens ( MRAC 29549 View Materials , MRAC 29554 View Materials , Missahohe; MRAC 29826 View Materials , Kolokope; GHS-W 1065, GHS-W 1088, GHS-W 1426, Sodo Zion; GHS-Togo 09, Sodo; GHS-W 1244, GHS-W 1257, Yo [Agome Yo]; GHS-W 1269 , Fazoa) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 175 to 800 mm; 19 MSR, smooth; 183-204 Ven, smooth; 62-68 Sc, paired; anal divided; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is mostly present in ER III, IV and V of the country. Previously recorded from Togo by Matschie (1893), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909; from Missahohe), Werner (1929) and Chippaux (2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Meizodon

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