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Polemon griseiceps (LAURENT, 1947)

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Higher TaxaAtractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cameroon Snake-eater 
SynonymMiodon 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 
DistributionCameroon, Central African Republic ?, Congo (Brazzaville)

Type locality: “Bitye”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.21.90 (formerly BMNH 1913.10.29.11), a 502 mm male (G.L. Bates, 1895–1931) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1749 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Reports from the Central African Republic are questioned by CHIRIO & INEICH 2006. 
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
 
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