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 Aparallactus modestus (Günther, 1859) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 14 specimens (Côte d’Ivoire: MNHN 1992.4286 - 4289 ; Togo : GHS-0042, Sodo Zion ; GHS-W 1036, GHS-W 1038, GHS-W 1049-50, GHS-W 1058, MRAC A7036.0024 , MRAC A7036.0026 , T 142 , Agou [ Mont Agou ]; ZMB 10725, Togo , no precise locality) . MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 210 to 640 mm ; 15 MSR, smooth; 132-161 Ven, smooth; 19-46 Sc, all single; anal single; 7 supralabials; 7-8 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 (seldom 1) postoculars; temporal scale formula 0 + 1. DISTRIBUTION. — This species had been mentioned from Togo by Matschie (1893) , Sternfeld (1908b , 1909 ) and Loveridge (1944) from Adele and Missahohe, as well as from Grand Popo, now in Benin , and Wegbe, now in Ghana . Available specimens suggest that this species occurs in ER III, IV and V of the country.