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Lycophidion depressirostre LAURENT, 1968

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Flat-snouted Wolf Snake 
SynonymLycophidion depressirostre LAURENT 1968: 472
Lycophidion jacksoni BOULENGER 1893 (part.)
Lycophidion capense — LOVERIDGE 1929: 20 (not A. SMITH) (part.)
Lycophidion capense uzungwensis — BOGERT 1940 (not LOVERIDGE)
Lycophidion depressirostre — BROADLEY & HUGHES 1993
Lycophidion depressirostre — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 25
Lycophidion depressirostre — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Lycophidion depressirostre — WALLACH et al. 2014: 409
Lycophidion depressirostre — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 398
Lycophidion depressirostre — TRAPE 2021 
DistributionS Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Central African Republic, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, S Ethiopia

Type locality: Torit, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 53348 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Nostril pierced at the posterior edge of the nasal, bordered by a postnasal that is in contact with the first supralabial. Dorsal scales with single apical pits in 17- 17-15 rows, the reduction taking place well before the vent; ventrals 153-165 in males, 162-173 in females; subcaudals 31-40 in males, 22-32 in females (Broadley 1996: 20).


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CommentDistribution: Map: Laurent 1968: 482, Broadley 1996 
References
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