Polemon bocourti

Polemon bocourti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Atractaspididae
Genus:	Polemon
Species:	P. bocourti
Binomial name
	Polemon bocourti; Mocquard, 1897
Synonyms
	Aparallactus Hagmanni Gough, 1902

Last updated October 05, 2025

Polemon bocourti, or Bocourt's snake-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the subfamily Aparallactinae of the family Atractaspididae. 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

Polemon 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

Polemon 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

Polemon bocourti is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

Polemon bocourti is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 3 LeBreton, M.; Kusamba, C.; Gonwouo, N.L.; Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. (2021). "Polemon bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13264508A13264512. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13264508A13264512.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 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).
1 2 3 4 5 Polemon bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 4 June 2018.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Polemon bocourti, p. 29).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 LeBreton, M.; Kusamba, C.; Gonwouo, N.L.; Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. (2021). "Polemon bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13264508A13264512. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13264508A13264512.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[Mocquard_1897-2] 1 2 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).

[RDB-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Polemon bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 4 June 2018.

[4] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Polemon bocourti, p. 29).

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