Polemon bocourti

Polemon bocourti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Genus:	Polemon
Species:	P. bocourti
Binomial name
	Polemon bocourti; Mocquard, 1897[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Aparallactus Hagmanni Gough, 1902

Polemon bocourti, or Bocourt's snake-eater, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Lamprophiidae. 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).[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[2][3]

Geographic range

Polemon bocourti is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and western and central Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Description

Polemon bocourti is similar to Polemon barthii, but is distinguished from it by having two postoculars, and by having a lower number of ventrals, only 199–202.[1]

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References

Mocquard, F. (1897). "Sur une collection de Reptiles recueillie par M. Hang, a Lambaréné". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (in French). 8 (9): 5–20. (Polemon bocourti, new species, p. 13).
Polemon bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 June 2018.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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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[Mocquard_1897-1] Mocquard, F. (1897). "Sur une collection de Reptiles recueillie par M. Hang, a Lambaréné". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (in French). 8 (9): 5–20. (Polemon bocourti, new species, p. 13).

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

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