. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Reptiles from southern Benin,West Africa, with the description of a new Hemidactylus 4 Heliobolus nitidus - Loveridge (1952): Bassila (as Eremias n. nitida); this paper: Pendjari NP. Holaspis guentheri - This paper: Lama Forest (1 st coun- try record). Amphisbaenidae Cynisca leucura - Chabanaud (1917a): Agouagon; "Da- homey" (as Amphisbaena leucura); Loveridge (1952): Natitingou. Varanidae Varanus exanthematicus - This paper: Abomey-Didja. Varanus niloticus - Chabanaud (1917a): Agouagon; "Haut Dahomey"; this paper: Godomey nr. Cotonou; O
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Reptiles from southern Benin,West Africa, with the description of a new Hemidactylus 4 Heliobolus nitidus - Loveridge (1952): Bassila (as Eremias n. nitida); this paper: Pendjari NP. Holaspis guentheri - This paper: Lama Forest (1 st coun- try record). Amphisbaenidae Cynisca leucura - Chabanaud (1917a): Agouagon; "Da- homey" (as Amphisbaena leucura); Loveridge (1952): Natitingou. Varanidae Varanus exanthematicus - This paper: Abomey-Didja. Varanus niloticus - Chabanaud (1917a): Agouagon; "Haut Dahomey"; this paper: Godomey nr. Cotonou; Oueme River near Togbota; Pendjari NP (photographic voucher of an unusually pale olive-coloured juvenile, Fig- ure 21). Varanus ornatus - This paper: Abomey-Didja; Lama For- est (1st country record). Leptotyphlopidae Leptotyphlops bicolor - Chabanaud (1916): Porto Novo (as Glaucoma, b. gruveli). Leptotyphlops brevicauda - Bocage (1887): "Dahomey" (as Stenostoma brevicauda); Hahn (1980): "Dahomey" (as Leptotyphlops brevicaudus). *Leptotyphlops nigricans - Chabanaud (1916): "Da- homey" (Identification probably erroneus, taxon not in west Afria). Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops braminus - Trape & Mane (2006 b): Cotonou. Typhlops punctatus - Chabanaud (1916): "Dahomey"; Chabanaud (1917a,b): Ouidah, Agouagon. Boidae Gongylophis muelleri - Trape & Mane (2006 b): on grid map but without specific locality. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (1): 31-54. Fig. 21. Varanus niloticus, subadult, unusally light-coloured specimen from Pendjari NP. Photo: O. Grell Python regius - Villiers (1951): "tres commun", voucher specimen from Abomey; this paper: Godomey nr. Coto- nou; Za-Kpota; Lama Forest. Python sebae - Villiers (1951): "Tres commun partout", specimens from Abomey; this paper: South Benin. Colubridae Afronatrix anoscopus - Chirio & Ineich (2009): Niangou NE of Tanguieta; Atakora Prov.; this paper: Lokoli For- est (2nd published
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