Polemon griseiceps (LAURENT, 1947)

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cameroon Snake-eater
Synonym	Miodon griseiceps LAURENT 1947: 11 Miodon griseiceps — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 73 Miodon griseiceps — PERRET 1961 Polemon (Miodon) griseiceps — LERETON 1999 Polemon griseiceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 573 Polemon griseiceps — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019: 182
Distribution	Cameroon, Central African Republic ?, Congo (Brazzaville) Type locality: “Bitye” [= Bityé, E Sud Dept., S Cameroon, 3°01’N, 12°21’E, elevation 650 m].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.21.90 (formerly BMNH 1913.10.29.11), a 502 mm male (G.L. Bates, 1895–1931)
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Comment	Venomous! (but apparently not dangerous, not mentioned by Spawls & Branch 2020) Reports from the Central African Republic are questioned by CHIRIO & INEICH 2006.
Etymology	Named after Latin griseus = gray, and Latin caput, -ceps = head.
References	Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. Laurent, R. 1947. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de belgique. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. 23 (16): 1-12 LeBreton, Matthew 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 160 pp. Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques africaines III. 1. La faune ophidienne de la région camerounaise. Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133-138 Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp. Trape, J.F. & R. ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995. Les serpents du Congo: liste commentée et clé de détermination. Journal of African Zoology 109 (1): 31-50 Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Witte, G. F. de & Laurent,R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1-134 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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