Western Forest Centipede-eater

Aparallactus modestus est une espèce de serpents de la famille des Lamprophiidae. Communément, on l'appelle Aparallacte modeste ou encore le serpent mangeur de mille-pattes des forêts de l'Ouest. Description Le museau est arrondi, l'œil est petit avec une pupille ronde.

Aparallactus modestus, or the western forest centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family. Geographic range It is endemic to Africa, and is found in the Central African Republic, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Gabon. Description Dorsally Aparallactus modestus is dark olive-gray, the scales more or less distinctly edged with black.

Aparallactus es un género de serpientes venenosas de la familia Lamprophiidae distribuidas por el África subsahariana. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes:​ Aparallactus capensis Smith, 1849 Aparallactus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 Aparallactus jacksonii (Günther, 1888) Aparallactus lineatus (Peters, 1870) Aparallactus lunulatus (Peters, 1854) Aparallactus modestus (Günther, 1859) Aparallactus moeruensis Witte & Laurent, 1943 Aparallactus niger Boulenger, 1897 Aparallactus nigriceps (Peters, 1854) Aparallactus turneri Loveridge, 1935 Aparallactus werneri Boulenger, 1895 Referencias…