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Polemon acanthias

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parietals. Nasal vertically divided. One preocular, in contact with the posterior nasal. One or two postoculars. Temporals 1+1. Seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye. First lower labial forming a suture with its fellow behind the mental. Four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin shield. Two pairs of chin shields, the anterior pair longer than the posterior pair.
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Diameter of the eye less than its distance from the mouth. Rostral wider than high, barely visible from above. Internasals shorter than the prefrontals. Frontal 1½ times as broad as the supraocular, 1½ to 1⅔ times as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the
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Dorsally, Reinhardt's snake-eater is whitish or pale reddish, with five black stripes. The median stripe is the widest, being one plus two half dorsal scale rows wide. The outermost stripes are on the second and third dorsal scale rows on each side of the body. The top of the head is black, with a
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whitish occipital bar, which is edged posteriorly with black. The end of the snout, the upper lip, and the tip of the tail are white. Ventrally it is white.
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Ventrals 190–216; anal plate entire; subcaudals divided.
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Serpentes
Atractaspididae
Polemon
Binomial name
J.T. Reinhardt
Synonyms
J.T. Reinhardt
Jan
Boulenger
Reinhardt's
species
venomous
snake
Atractaspididae
endemic
Africa
Ghana
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Togo
"Polemon"

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