Polemon neuwiedi Jan 1858

Polemon neuwiedi (Jan, 1858) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — No available specimen. DISTRIBUTION. — In Togo, this species has been mentioned from "Klien Popo", now Aneho, by Sternfeld (1908a-b, 1909) and Loveridge (1944: 173). Werner (1898; as Miodon gabonensis) mentioned from Togo a specimen of Polemon gabonensis (Duméril, 1858). The current distribution of this species extends from eastern Nigeria to Congo (Chippaux 2006). It is hence likely that Werner's specimen should be referred to Polemon neuwiedi, although another taxon of the same genus cannot be ruled out. This confusion may also apply to the Togolese record of Polemon collaris (Peters, 1881) in Werner (1898). This author was merely followed by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909) but Loveridge (1944) doubted about the occurrence of this latter species in Togo. Prosymna gregerti Mocquard, 1906 (Fig. 7) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen (MNHN 2006.2190), Mango. MORPHOLOGY. — TL 273 mm; 15 MSR, smooth; 151 Ven smooth; 35 Sc; anal single; 5 supralabials; 7 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postocular; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3. DISTRIBUTION. — This species inhabits Sudan savannahs (ER I). Previously it had been described from Togo (Mango) by Sternfeld (1908b) as Prosymna meleagris var. collaris Sternfeld, 1908. This form was subsequently synonymized with Prosymna meleagris (Reinhardt, 1843) by Loveridge (1958). Trape & Mané (2006b) revalidated Prosymna gregerti Mocquard, 1906 as a valid taxon. This species was mentioned fom northern Togo by Villiers (1951) and Villiers & Condamin (2005).
Published as part of 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, pp. 325-360 in Zoosystema 33 (3) on page 345, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4547017
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