REVIEW OF DISPHOLIDINI WITH NEW TANZANIAN GENUS AND SPECIES 

 THRASOPS 



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RHAMNOPHIS & XYELEDONTOPHIS 



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 ■ AETHIOPISSA 



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 A AETHIOPISSA & BATESII 



♦ XYELEDONTOPHIS ULUGURUENSIS 



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Fig. 5 Distributions of the genera Thrasops (upper), Rhamnophis and Xyelodontophis (lower). 



Coloration in life. Above, head olive-brown, uniform or poste- 

 rior shields black-edged; body green with scales tipped or bordered 

 with black; tail black with a green stripe on each scale row. Chin and 

 throat yellow-green, rest of venter pale green, a dark median line on 

 the subcaudals. 



SIZE. Largest 8 (MRAC 1 2257 - Kiroziret Forest, Kivu, D.R.C.) 

 948 + 509 = 1457 mm (Laurent, 1956); largest 9 (NHRM 1979 - 

 Bibindi, Cameroon, syntype of T. splendens) 950 + 520 = 1470 mm 

 (Andersson, 1901). 



