. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Amphibians and reptiles from Guinea 4S. Fig. 16. Dasypeltis scabra, ZFMK 75496, from Mt. Nimba (Photo: Rodel). 60569, Ziama Forest near Seredou, W. Biitzler coll. 1995. Remarks: ZFMK 56111 (ID verified by B. Hughes) con- tained unidentifiable remains of a snake. Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849 Material examined: ZFMK 56048, Ziama Forest south of Seredou: Malweta village, W. Bohme coll. 2-26 Oct. 1993. Remarks: First reported for Guinea by Bohme (2000). In- eich (2003) recorded three MNHN specimens from the Mt. Nimba area. One was catalogued
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Amphibians and reptiles from Guinea 4S. Fig. 16. Dasypeltis scabra, ZFMK 75496, from Mt. Nimba (Photo: Rodel). 60569, Ziama Forest near Seredou, W. Biitzler coll. 1995. Remarks: ZFMK 56111 (ID verified by B. Hughes) con- tained unidentifiable remains of a snake. Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849 Material examined: ZFMK 56048, Ziama Forest south of Seredou: Malweta village, W. Bohme coll. 2-26 Oct. 1993. Remarks: First reported for Guinea by Bohme (2000). In- eich (2003) recorded three MNHN specimens from the Mt. Nimba area. One was catalogued in 1943 and reidentified by C. Gans, the two others in 1962. The identification of our specimen, the only Guinean one known from outside of Mt. Nimba, was verified by B. Hughes. Recently, Trape & Mane (2006 a) reported and figured a specimen from Ziama Forest. Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: ZMB 75496, Mt. Nimba, Grand Rocher, 1600 m , Rodel & L. Sandberger coll. 1 Jul. 2007. Remarks: Reported from Mt. Nimba by Ineich (2003). The colour pattern of our voucher specimen (Fig. 16) is very similar to the specimen figured by Trape & Mane (2006 a, Fig. 5c) as D. cf. scabra. Mehelya stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) Material examined: ZFMK 56112, south of Seredou: Mal- weta village, W. Bohme coll. 6-26 Oct. 1993. Colubridae Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) Material examined: ZFMK 54896, Seredou, H. Vierhaus coll. 4 Aug. 1992; ZFMK 56116-120, Ziama Forest south of Seredou: Malweta village, W. Bohme coll. 6-26 Oct. 1993; ZFMK 60568, Ziama Forest near Seredou, W. Biit- zler coll. 1995; ZFMK 62173-175, Seredou, W. Biitzler coll. 1995. Remarks: With ten specimens from Ziama Forest the sec- ond most common snake of our survey. Three specimens had food items in their intestinal tracts: ZFMK 54896 anu- ran and insect remains, ZFMK 56116 one Amietophrynus maculatus, and ZFMK 60568 unidentifiable remains of a mouse. Dipsad
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