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MORPHOLOGY. — TL from
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Lenk
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on the basis of molecular analyses.
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,
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,
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and
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.
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mentioned this taxon as
<taxonomicName id="4C1E36DBC0266E6AFD52FDD46CD7E221" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[703,957,596,622]" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Bitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="352" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="gabonica" subSpecies="rhinoceros">
<emphasis id="B96A914AC0266E6AFD52FDD46CD7E221" box="[703,957,596,622]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="352">Bitis gabonica rhinoceros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. All specimens of “
<taxonomicName id="4C1E36DBC0266E6AFB66FDD46C6BE2C1" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron &amp; Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Bitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="352" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gabonica">
<emphasis id="B96A914AC0266E6AFB66FDD46C6BE2C1" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="352">Bitis gabonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” from
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examined by us are indeed referable to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E36DBC0266E6AFCC1FD156CA5E2E2" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[812,975,659,685]" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Bitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="352" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhinoceros">
<emphasis id="B96A914AC0266E6AFCC1FD156CA5E2E2" box="[812,975,659,685]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="352">Bitis rhinoceros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. On the basis of the ranges of both species given in
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F30A9C0266E6AFC15FD326BDDE281" author="CHIPPAUX J. - P." box="[1016,1207,691,718]" pageId="27" pageNumber="352" refId="ref26729" refString="CHIPPAUX J. - P. 2006. - Les serpents d'Afrique Occidentale et Centrale. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales, Paris, IRD Editions 35: 311 p." type="book" year="2006">Chippaux (2006)</bibRefCitation>
, we believe that all literature mentions from
<collectingCountry id="F3090DC8C0266E6AFB6EFD526BD0E2A1" box="[1155,1210,723,750]" name="Togo" pageId="27" pageNumber="352">Togo</collectingCountry>
refer indeed to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E36DBC0266E6AFCA4FD726C8CE343" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[841,998,754,780]" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Bitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="352" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhinoceros">
<emphasis id="B96A914AC0266E6AFCA4FD726C8CE343" box="[841,998,754,780]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="352">Bitis rhinoceros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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