Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 149

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13236757

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scientific name

Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849
status

 

Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849 View in CoL

The adult specimen RMCA 29891 (see Appendix 1) was collected by M. Gauduin in 1969–1970 in ‘‘Munana, près de Moanda’’ [= Mounana near Moanda, in Lébombi-Léy- ou Dept.]. SM encountered an adult individual in Bakoumba at 20h00 on 12 February 2017 (RBINS 18477; Appendix 1; Fig. 16 View Fig ). Contrary to the Dasypeltis confusa individual above, it was very calm when approached and handled. Its poorly defined black dorsal bands are due to the black color of the interstitial skin between scales, which allows to easily distinguish this species from Dasypeltis confusa which shows black scales forming well-defined saddle-shaped marks on the dorsum, like in the individual shown on Fig. 15 View Fig . Another individual was found by NR while it was being preyed upon by a Naja melanoleuca on the compounds of the CIRMF in Franceville, Passa Dept., on 25 December 2014 ( Fig. 24 View Fig ). First records for the Prov. (not listed from the Prov. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Carlino and Pauwels 2015; Pauwels et al. 2016a). This species was evaluated as Least Concern by the IUCN; the former species was not yet evaluated.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Dasypeltis

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