Polemon bocourti
Species of snake
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Polemon |
| Species: | P. bocourti |
| Binomial name | |
| Polemon bocourti | |
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Aparallactus Hagmanni Gough, 1902 | |
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
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]
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