Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1856)

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 : 155

Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1856)

Pearson et al. (2007) presented a picture of a light green Atheris with well-spaced yellowish transversal rings from Plateaux Batéké NP, that they identified as a “bush viper (possibly Atheris squamigera or A. chlorechis ).” On 17 September 2016 SM photographed an individual in Bakoumba ( Fig. 30 ). New Dept. record (this arboreal viper species was not recorded from the Dept. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Pauwels et al. 2016b, 2017d,e).

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Fig. 30. Atheris squamigera in Bakoumba, Haut-Ogooué Prov., southeastern Gabon. Photograph by S. Morelle.