The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems Author Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) h _ segniagbeto @ yahoo. fr Author Trape, Jean François Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie médicale, UR 77, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de Dakar, BP 1386, Dakar (Senegal) jean-françois. trape @ ird. fr trape@ird.fr Author David, Patrick Author Ohler, Annemarie Author Dubois, Alain UMR 7205 OSEB, Reptiles et Amphibiens, Département de Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pdavid @ mnhn. fr ohler @ mnhn. fr adubois @ mnhn. fr pdavid@mnhn.fr Author Glitho, Isabelle Adolé Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) iglitho @ yahoo. fr iglitho@yahoo.fr text Zoosystema 2011 2011-09-30 33 3 325 360 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a4 journal article 10.5252/z2011n3a4 1638-9387 4547017 Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 adult ( GHS-W 0247), Kpalime. MORPHOLOGY. — LT 735 mm ; 33 MSR, scales straight, 217 Ven, 21 Sc single. DISTRIBUTION. — First record fromTogo. This burrowing species has been observed in forests of ER IV. Localities are: Kloto, Kpele, Akposso, Akebou and Adele. CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES division of the Togo DFC, 638 living specimens were exported from the country between 2001 and 2005. REMARK This species was referred to the boine genus Charina Gray, 1849 by Kluge (1993) , but Vidal & David (2004) showed that Calabaria reinhardtii is genetically distant from the American species of the genus Charina . As a consequence, Calabaria Gray, 1858 was considered to be valid and placed in a separate family.