Polemon bocourti

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.

Etymology

The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.

Geographic range

Polemon bocourti is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and western and central Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. bocourti, is forest, at altitudes of.

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.

Behavior

Polemon bocourti is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

Polemon bocourti is oviparous.