Polemon bocourti

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Polemon bocourti
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Polemon
Species:
P. bocourti
Binomial name
Polemon bocourti
Synonyms[3]

Aparallactus Hagmanni , 1902

Polemon bocourti, or Bocourt's snake-eater, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the subfamily Aparallactinae of the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa (from Cameroon through Equatorial Guinea to Gabon and east to the Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo).[3]

Etymology[]

The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[3][4]

Geographic range[]

P. bocourti is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and western and central Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of P. bocourti, is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,200 m (660–3,940 ft).[1]

Description[]

P. bocourti is similar to P. barthii, but is distinguished from it by having two postoculars, and by having a lower number of ventrals, only 199–202.[2]

Behavior[]

P. bocourti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction[]

P. bocourti is oviparous.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c , , , (2021). "Polemon bocourti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13264508A13264512.en. Downloaded on 07 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mocquard F (1897). "Sur une collection de Reptiles recueillie par M. Haug, a Lambaréné". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (in French). 8 (9): 5–20. (Polemon bocourti, new species, p. 13).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Polemon bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 June 2018.
  4. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Polemon bocourti, p. 29).

Further reading[]

  • , (2008). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (Polemon bocourti, p. 642). (in French).
  • (2003). "Polemon barthii Jan 1858 and Polemon bocourti Mocquard 1897, two West African snakes which are allopatric, not sympatric". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 113–117.
  • Pauwels OSG, (2008). Les Reptiles du Gabon. Washington, Disctrict of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xxvi + 298 pp. ISBN 978-1893912014. (in French).



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