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Lycophidion irroratum (LEACH, 1819)

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Leach's Wolf Snake, Pale Wolf Snake 
SynonymColuber irroratus LEACH 1819: 494
Metoporhina irrorata — GÜNTHER 1858: 198
Lycophidium irroratum — GÜNTHER 1868: 426 (part.)
Lycophidium irroratum — BOULENGER 1893: 340
Lycophidion irroratum — LAURENT 1958: 121
Lycophidion irroratum — GUIBÉ & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1972: 391
Lycophidion irroratum — BROADLEY & HUGHES 1993: 12
Lycophidion irroratum — BROADLEY 1998
Lycophidion irroratum —TRAPE & MANÉ 2006: 120
Lycophidion irroratum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 409
Lycophidion irroratum — SENTER & CHIPPAUX 2022 
DistributionSierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Central African Republic, Cameroon, N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Gambia, Guinea (Conakry), Nigeria, S Mali, Republic of South Sudan (RSS)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.14.30 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Two or three apical pits. Snout shorter than parietals. Postnasal in contact with 2nd labial, seldom with 1st as well. Scale rows 17-17-17 (rarely 15) in front of the amus. Ventrals: 165-187 (♂♂), 161-189 (♀♀). Subcaudals: 37-53 (♂♂), 30-14 (♀♀). Color brownish, finely light stippled, a white band around the snout. Alterating dark spots in juveniles.
Maximum size observed (in mm). 325 (tail 11) in males; 110 (tail 50) in females. (Laurent 1968: 469)


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CommentSCHMIDT’s (1923) Lycophidion irroratum has been synonymized with Lycophidion capense jacksoni by BROADLEY & POYNTON 1998. More synonyms in BOULENGER 1893. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin irroratus for covered with dew, sprinkled. Apparently referring to its pale, “dewey”, appearance. 
References
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