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 Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen ( MNHN 2008.0278), Sodo Zion. MORPHOLOGY. — TL of our specimens 470 mm ; 17 MSR smooth; 199 Ven, smooth; Sc 49, all single; anal single; 8 supralabials; 11 infralabials; 1 preocular; 1 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2. DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs mostly in forested areas. It was previously mentioned from Togo by Matschie (1893 ; specimens ZMB 11246A-B, 13370A, from Bismarckburg [currently Adele]), Werner (1898) and Sternfeld (1908b) ZMB 17499, 21076, 22000, 22001 Togo (no specific locality), according to Rasmussen (1993) .