FIGURE 2. A–C in Rediscovery, taxonomic status, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare and endemic snakes (Serpentes: Psammophiinae) from the southwestern Angolan plateau

FIGURE 2. A–C: Psammophylax rhombeatus SAM/ZR 17520, Kamanjab, Damaraland, Namibia; A, dorsum showing the characteristic boldly blotched body lacking a thin vertebral line separating the paravertebral ocelli but with a partial dark nape collar; B, ventrum showing the irregular rows of dark spots on the white belly. Rostral condition. C, dorsal view of head showing extensive intrusion of rostral between the supranasals; Tundavala. D: Psammophylax ocellatus: PEM R17620 (NB 561), dorsal view of head and E: PEM R17986, Estação Zootécnica, Huíla Province, views of head showing showing rostral barely visible from top and supranasals in broad contact. F–G: Psammophylax cf. ocellatus, SAM ZR 46424, Calueque, Cunene Province, Angola: F, general coloration of forebody showing the reduced paravertebral ocelli and absence of a thin vertebral line or nape collar; and G, ventral surface showing almost complete absence of dark blotches. All photos by W. R. Branch, except for photo D, by N. Baptista.