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, but only from
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. The closest published records of the species are in Rio São Nicolau (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FE265413AE4FB070" author="BROADLEY, D. G." box="[458,630,560,584]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 17" refId="ref16624" refString="BROADLEY, D. G. 1975 b. A review of Psammophis leightoni and Psammophis notostictus in southern Africa (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 13 (7): 1 - 17." type="journal article" year="1975">Broadley 1975b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FD695413AE83B070" author="BROADLEY, D. G." box="[645,698,560,584]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" pagination="83 - 119" refId="ref16932" refString="BROADLEY, D. G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of Latitude 12 ºS (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51 (2): 83 - 119." type="journal article" year="2002">2002</bibRefCitation>
), Moçamedes [
<collectingRegion id="BC1DF80B53576D39FC8F5413AF8EB070" box="[867,951,560,584]" country="Angola" name="Namibe" pageId="26" pageNumber="41">Namibe</collectingRegion>
city] (
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FBED5413A8B7B070" author="BOCAGE, J. V. B." box="[1025,1166,560,584]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" pagination="201 - 208" refId="ref15698" refString="BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1887. Melanges herpetologie. IV. Reptiles du dernier voyage de MM. Capello et Ivens a travers l'Afrique. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes 6 (44): 201 - 208." type="journal article" year="1887">Bocage 1887</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FF975473AD1EB050" author="LOVERIDGE, A." box="[123,295,592,616]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 69" refId="ref18802" refString="LOVERIDGE, A. 1940. Revision of the African snakes of the genera Dromophis and Psammophis. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 87 (1): 1 - 69." type="journal article" year="1940">Loveridge 1940</bibRefCitation>
), and Curoca River (
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FDF45473AEFDB050" author="LOVERIDGE, A." box="[536,708,592,616]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 69" refId="ref18802" refString="LOVERIDGE, A. 1940. Revision of the African snakes of the genera Dromophis and Psammophis. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 87 (1): 1 - 69." type="journal article" year="1940">Loveridge 1940</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FD3A5473AF4EB050" author="BROADLEY, D. G." box="[726,887,592,616]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" pagination="83 - 119" refId="ref16932" refString="BROADLEY, D. G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of Latitude 12 ºS (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51 (2): 83 - 119." type="journal article" year="2002">Broadley 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Our records expand the known distribution of the species further south in the country, although it is continuous southwards throughout much of western southern Africa (
<bibRefCitation id="1A484B1853576D39FD8B54B3AEC8B090" author="BRANCH, W. R." box="[615,753,656,680]" pageId="26" pageNumber="41" refId="ref16410" refString="BRANCH, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa, 3 rd edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa. 399 pp." type="book" year="1998">Branch 1998</bibRefCitation>
).
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