Boiga pulverulenta (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 : 331-332

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
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scientific name	Boiga pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 12 specimens ( MRAC A7036.0006 View Materials , GHS-Togo 50, T 205 , Sodo Zion; MRAC 29547 View Materials , MRAC 29669 View Materials , MRAC 29677 View Materials , Missahohe; MRAC

29722, Kpalime; MRAC 29723-25, Atakpame; T 149, T 151, Diguingué).

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 950 to 1040 mm; 19-20 MSR, smooth and oblique; vertebral row enlarged; 165-175 Ven, smooth; 110-116 Sc, paired; anal single; 8-9 supralabials; 10-11 supralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 2 + 2.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is mostly known from the forested area of Togo but additional specimens were recently collected slightly farther north from Aledjo and other localities. The distribution of this taxon in Togo is probably wider. Previously it had been recorded from the country by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 18), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971) and Roman (1984).

REMARK

See under the account of Boiga blandingii for the generic position of this species.