Atractaspis dahomeyensis Bocage, 1887 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 10 specimens (GHS-W 1082, GHS-W 1272-73, Sodo Zion; GHS-Togo 87, Agote; MNHN 1982.0452, Togo, no precise locality; MRAC 29742, Atakpame; MRAC 73014.0059, Notse, T 213, T 216-217, Huilehui). MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 392 to 600 mm; 29-31 MSR, smooth; 221-236 Ven, smooth; 23-28 Sc, single anteriorly but paired near the tip of the tail; anal single; 5 supralabials; 5-7 infralabials; 1 preocular; 1 postocular; temporal scale formula 1 (very large) + 2. DISTRIBUTION. — All specimens were obtained from localities in the forested area of the country. This species might be present in ER II, III and V. Previously, it had been mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Roman (1984), Spawls & Branch (1995) and David & Ineich (1999).

Published as part of Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain & Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, 2011, The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems, pp. 325-360 in Zoosystema 33 (3) on page 340, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4547017