. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. 54 T. ZIEGLER AND RASMUSSEN. Fig. 7 Crotaphopeltis tornieri, asulcal view of hemipenes of ZMUC R631147. Contrary to this condition the hemipenes of ZMUC R631205-6 and R631208-10 (Msolwa area, Rubeho Mts., Tanzania) have, in addition to the three enlarged spines, a ring consisting of variously enlarged spines on the asulcate surface of the middle truncus. A similar condition was found in the hemipenes of ZMUC R63921 (Magombero Forest, ca. 50 km S Mikumi, Tanzania). Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Fig. 7). In situ hemipenes extend to subcaudal scut
. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. 54 T. ZIEGLER AND RASMUSSEN. Fig. 7 Crotaphopeltis tornieri, asulcal view of hemipenes of ZMUC R631147. Contrary to this condition the hemipenes of ZMUC R631205-6 and R631208-10 (Msolwa area, Rubeho Mts., Tanzania) have, in addition to the three enlarged spines, a ring consisting of variously enlarged spines on the asulcate surface of the middle truncus. A similar condition was found in the hemipenes of ZMUC R63921 (Magombero Forest, ca. 50 km S Mikumi, Tanzania). Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Fig. 7). In situ hemipenes extend to subcaudal scute no. 7-11 (x=, n=27)(Rasmussen, 1993a; unpubl.). The pedicel of the hemipenis of C. tornieri is covered with tiny spines except for a longitudinal depression on the asulcate surface. Lower truncus usually with some enlarged spines. Distal to the enlarged spines, the spines become smaller towards the apex, which is terminally calyculate. Sulcus spermaticus is not forked and leads directly to the apex ending in a terminal extension. In specimens from East and West Usambara Mountains the largest spine is on the outside of the lower truncus, the second largest on the asulcate surface. The spine ornamentation of the hemipenes of the West Usambara population was somewhat variable, in the hemipenes of ZMUC R63963 (Rasmussen, 1993: fig. 2) no distinctly enlarged spine could be found on the asulcate surface. In some specimens (ZMUC R631245 and R631252) from Kilanzi- Kitungulu Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains, the enlarged spine on the outside of the lower truncus is relatively small; furthermore an enlarged spine on the asulcate surface is scarcely detectable. In other specimens (ZMUC R631244, R631253-4 and R631256) from the same area, various enlarged spines are present on the lower truncus. In specimens from Kihanga River, Udzungwa Scarp Forest Re- serve (ZMUC 631269-70) and from Rungwe Mission, Mount Rungwe (ZMUC 631257), only the enlarged spine on the outside of the lower trun
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