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Poecilopholis cameronensis BOULENGER, 1903

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Higher TaxaAtractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cameroon Racer 
SynonymPoecilopholis cameronensis BOULENGER 1903: 352
Poecilopholis cameronensis — STERNFELD 1909: 17
Poecilopholis cameronensis — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007
Poecilopholis cameronensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 571
Poecilopholis cameronensis — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019 
DistributionCameroon, Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: Efulen, S. Cameroon.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.69, a 520 mm specimen 
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CommentThe status of this genus remains a bit unclear as there is no DNA sequence available. CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019 listed it under Aparallactinae while other authors have kept is as “of unclear status” (incertae sedis).

Type species: Poecilopholis cameronensis BOULENGER 1903 is the type species of the genus Poecilopholis BOULENGER 1903.

Distribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyApparently named after the type locality.

The genus was named after Greek poikilos (ποικίλος), many-coloured, spotted, mottled + Greek pholis (φολίς), scale. [?]. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 350-354 - get paper here
  • 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.
  • SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, A., CALVO-REVUELTA, M. & DE LA RIVA, I. 2022. Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea. Zootaxa 5202 (1): 1-197 - get paper here
  • Sternfeld, R. 1909. Die Fauna der deutschen Kolonien: Die Schlangen Kameruns. Berlin, R. Friedländer & Sohn, 28 pp.
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • 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.
  • Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. [these are 3 separate reports in one long article] Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51 - get paper here
 
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