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 Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 5 specimens ( ZMB 23836, 23802 , “ Togo ”; ZMB 13804, “ Togo , Kete Kratchi ”, currently in Ghana ; GHS-W 1267-1268 [juveniles, TL 755 and 760 mm ], Tovegan ) . MORPHOLOGY. — 77-86 MSR, scales smooth; 271-273 Ven, smooth; 59-61 Sc, paired; anal single; 3-4 loreals; 11-13 supralabials; 13-15 infralabials; 2 preoculars; 2 postoculars; 3 suboculars and 5 anterior temporals. DISTRIBUTION. — Although the species occurs throughout the country, it is more common in the forested area and in the South around the Mono and Lake Togo . It had previously been recorded fromTogo by Sternfeld (1908b , 1909: 9 ), Werner (1898) , Hulselmans et al. (1970), Villiers (1975) , Roman (1984) , Chippaux (2006) and Trape & Mané (2006b) . CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES Division of the DFC Togo 3293 living specimens were exported between 2001 and 2005.