Polemon fulvicollis

Polemon fulvicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Atractaspididae
Genus:	Polemon
Species:	P. fulvicollis
Binomial name
Polemon fulvicollis (Mocquard, 1887)
Synonyms
Microsoma fulvicollis Mocquard, 1887 Miodon fulvicollis - Trape & Roux-Estève, 1990 Polemon fulvicollis - Welch, 1994 [1]

Polemon fulvicollis, or the African snake-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. ^[2] It is endemic to Africa. ^[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Uganda. ^[4]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized including the nominate race.

• Polemon fulvicollis fulvicollis (Mocquard, 1887)
• Polemon fulvicollis gracilis (de Witte & Laurent, 1943)
• Polemon fulvicollis graueri (Sternfeld, 1908)
• Polemon fulvicollis laurenti (de Witte & Laurent, 1943) ^[5]

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Polemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 5 September 2007.
3. Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 May 2009.
4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
5. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

• Mocquard, F. 1887. Sur les Ophidiens rapportés du Congo par la Mission de Brazza. Bulletin de la Société philomatique de Paris (7)11:62-92. (Microsoma fulvicollis, p. 65.)
• de Witte, G.F. & R.F. Laurent. 1943. Contribution à la systématique des Boiginae du Congo Belge (Rept.). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 37:157-189.