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Psammophylax multisquamis (LOVERIDGE, 1932)

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Higher TaxaPsammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kenyan striped skaapsteker 
SynonymTrimerorhinus tritaeniatus multisquamis LOVERIDGE 1932: 84
Trimerorhinus tritaeniatus multisquamis — LOVERIDGE 1936: 36
Psammophylax tritaeniatus multisquamis — LAURENT 1956: 234
Psammophylax variabilis multisquamis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 27
Psammophylax multisquamis — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Psammophylax multisquamis — CIMATTI 2006
Psammophylax multisquamis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 582
Psammophylax multisquamis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 442 
DistributionEthiopia (Highlands), Kenya, N Tanzania, with a relict population in N Rwanda;

Type locality: Nairobi, Kenya.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 18213, female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Differs from the typical form in its more numerous ventral scales which may be contrasted thus:
(1) Ventrals 145 to 163 (Günther's counts of 157-169 for the types of T. variabilis are erroneous and should read 155-159); subcaudals 51 to 65 (based on 55 specimens). Range-Africa south of the Central Railway of Tanganyika Territory: T. t. tritaeniatus.
(2) Ventrals 162 to 183; subcaudals 54 to 66 (based on 43 specimens). Range—East Africa north of the Central Railway of Tanganyika Territory: T. t. multisquamis.” (Loveridge 1932: 84)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin multi, many, and Latin squama (scale), for the more numerous ventral scales. 
References
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  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
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  • Laurent, R.F. 1956. Contribution à l'herpetologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge (Sci. Zool.), 48: 1-390
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  • Loveridge, A. 1936. African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
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