| Polemon fulvicollis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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Polemon fulvicollis, or the African snake-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. It is endemic to Africa.
Geographic range
It is found in Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Uganda.
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)
References
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- "Polemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2009.
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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.
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| Polemon fulvicollis | |
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