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 Lycophidion nigromaculatum (Peters, 1863) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 5 specimens ( MRAC A7036.0027 , GHS-W 1042, GHS-W 1044, Agou; GHS-W 1442, Sodo Zion, Tr 138, Kebo-Dzigbe [Mont Agou]) . MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 302 to 480 mm ; 17 MSR, smooth; 171-192 Ven, smooth; 41-50 Sc, paired; anal single; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2. DISTRIBUTION. — First record from Togo . Localities cited in this paper mark the eastern limit of the range of this species. In Togo we found it in the forest area. Leaché et al. (2006) recorded this species in the forested area between Togo and Ghana .