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 Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1829) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 9 specimens ( GHS-W 0202 , Nangbeto, GHS-W 0220, Legbassito, near Lomé, GHS-W 1220, Agave, GHS-Togo 25, T 22 , Sodo Zion; GHS-Togo 58, Sodo; T 175 , Alédjo; MRAC 29578 , Kolokope; MRAC 29636 , Togoville) . MORPHOLOGY. — TL of our specimens from 1320 mm to 1710 mm ; 19 MSR keeled and oblique; 171-192 Ven, smooth; 112-127 Sc; anal divided; 8-9 supralabials; 9-12 infralabials; 1 preocular; 3 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 2 or 3. DISTRIBUTION. — This species is widespread in Togo , in the South as well as in the North. Our northernmost specimen is from Aledjo but this species might be present at Bassar and Kara , and in ER I. Its occurrence in Togo had previously been mentioned by Sternfeld (1908b , 1909: 21 ), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970) , Roman (1984) , Spawls & Branch (1995) and David & Ineich (1999) .