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cf.
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Remarks: A slim grey sand snake very similar to
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of which it was originally described as a subspecies. Its taxonomic status will remain unresolved without thorough genetic and morphological analyses covering their entire ranges. According to
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the only character separating
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from
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P. b.
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[sic] is the number of labial scales entering the orbit (two in
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P. b.
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vs. three in
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P. b.
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[sic]). Specimen NMK-370S has nine labials and the 4
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are in contact with the orbit. Labials are not plain white but rather largely blotched in light brown. This poorly known snake occurs from sea level to about
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in dry savanna and semi-desert, but the known Kenyan records are few and very scattered (
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). We found only one individual (
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) in the bushland at Karare in the evening of
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right at sunset. It was actively moving on the ground, but immediately climbed into a shrub when disturbed. If the specimen proves to be
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this will be the first record from the Lake
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area. Genetic analyses are necessary to resolve the taxonomic status of
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and
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