Polemon gracilis (BOULENGER, 1911)

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Graceful Snake-eater
Synonym	Elapocalamus gracilis BOULENGER 1911: 371 Elapocalamus gracilis — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 90 Polemon gracilis — RESETAR & MARX 1981 Polemon (Miodon) gracilis — LEBRETON 1999 Polemon gracilis — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007: 650 Polemon gracilis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 573 Polemon gracilis — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019: 180
Distribution	South Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville) ? Type locality: “Bitye”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.8.86 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (875 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous! Distribution: Probably occurs in the Congo too (TRAPE & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995). Listed for Gabon by Chirio & Lebreton 2007 but Pauwels 2008 says explicitly it’s not in Gabon. Type species: Elapocalamus gracilis BOULENGER 1911: 371 is the type species of the genus Elapocalamus BOULENGER 1911.
Etymology	Named after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1911. Descriptions of three new snakes discovered by Mr. G.L. Bates in South Cameroon. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8: 370-371 - 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. Hughes, B. 1983. African snake faunas. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34: 311-356 - get paper here LeBreton, Matthew 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 160 pp. Resetar, A.R. & H. MARX 1981. A redescription and generic reallocation of the African colubrid snake Elapocalamus gracilis Boulenger with a discussion of the union of the brille and postocular shield. Journal of Herpetology 15 (1): 83-89. - get paper here 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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