Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851)

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 : 330

Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 adult ( GHS-W 0247), Kpalime.

MORPHOLOGY. — LT 735 mm; 33 MSR, scales straight, 217 Ven, 21 Sc single.

DISTRIBUTION. — First record fromTogo. This burrowing species has been observed in forests of ER IV. Localities are: Kloto, Kpele, Akposso, Akebou and Adele.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES division of the Togo DFC, 638 living specimens were exported from the country between 2001 and 2005.

REMARK

This species was referred to the boine genus Charina Gray, 1849 by Kluge (1993), but Vidal & David (2004) showed that Calabaria reinhardtii is genetically distant from the American species of the genus Charina . As a consequence, Calabaria Gray, 1858 was considered to be valid and placed in a separate family.