An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys Author Kirchhof, Sebastian Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES & Museum fUr Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY 3 Herpetology Section, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, KENYA Author Wasonga, Victor Author Mazuch, Tomáš Author Spawls, Stephen Author Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2023 e 324 2023-06-01 17 1 / 2 1 18 journal article 299969 10.5281/zenodo.12761910 cda73657-e098-4f17-922e-91d2c5b45fca 1525-9153 12761910 Psammophis cf. tanganicus Loveridge, 1940 Vouchers: NMK-370S (field no. SK16 1093) Records: KA (B) Remarks: A slim grey sand snake very similar to Psammophis biseriatus , of which it was originally described as a subspecies. Its taxonomic status will remain unresolved without thorough genetic and morphological analyses covering their entire ranges. According to Loveridge (1940) the only character separating P. biseriatus biseriatus from P. b. tanganicus [sic] is the number of labial scales entering the orbit (two in P. b. biseriatus vs. three in P. b. tanganicus [sic]). Specimen NMK-370S has nine labials and the 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th are in contact with the orbit. Labials are not plain white but rather largely blotched in light brown. This poorly known snake occurs from sea level to about 1,300 m in dry savanna and semi-desert, but the known Kenyan records are few and very scattered ( Spawls et al. 2018 ). We found only one individual ( Fig. 4U ) in the bushland at Karare in the evening of 2 December 2016 right at sunset. It was actively moving on the ground, but immediately climbed into a shrub when disturbed. If the specimen proves to be P. tanganicus this will be the first record from the Lake Turkana area. Genetic analyses are necessary to resolve the taxonomic status of P. biseriatus and P. tanganicus .