Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage, 1895)

Conradie, Werner, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao, Scott, Michael & Tolley, Krystal A., 2016, Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (2), pp. 163-180 : 172

Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage, 1895)

Material

Mt. Mabu ( PEM R21142 , juvenile, 312 SVL+ 163 mm TL; PEM R21149 , male, 650 mm SVL + 400 mm TL), M’pàluwé ( PEM R21228 , female, 706 mm SVL + 419 mm TL) .

Comments

At Mt. Mabu one specimen was collected from closed-canopy forest while the other was collected in transitional miombo woodland. A male and female specimen donated by a local presumably obtained from near Ribáuè town. The juvenile collected from closed-canopy forest had a juvenile Rhampholeon maspictus in its stomach.