FIGURE 5. Telescopus dhara obtusus. A in Systematic status and correct nomen of the western North African cat snake: Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with comments on the other taxa in the dhara-obtusus group

FIGURE 5. Telescopus dhara obtusus. A: live juvenile (uniform coloration) from Cairo, Egypt, photo S. Baha El Din; B: live adult (poorly marked coloration) from Nile Valley, Egypt, photo O. Attum; C: live adult (strongly contrasted coloration) from Gebel Elba, Egypt, photo S. Baha El Din; D: live adult (strongly contrasted coloration) from Immidir region, Algeria, photo P. Lluch.