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Head very distinct from neck, covered with imbricate scales; eyes large, with vertical pupils, usually separated from the labial shields by small scales; nostrils lateral. Body slightly compressed; scales keeled, with apical pits. Tail moderate, prehensile; subcaudal scales in a single row.

(1) A. chlorechis.—No supraciliary horn-like scales; 9–11 scales from eye to eye; 25–36 rows of scales in the middle of the body, strongly keeled; 154–165 ventrals; 53–62 subcaudals.

Colour green, uniform or with small yellow spots; end of tail yellowish or blackish.

Total length, 520 millimetres; tail 85.

Habitat: West Africa, from Liberia to the Ogowai.

(2) A. squamiger.—No supraciliary horn-like scales; 7–8 scales from eye to eye; 15–25 rows of scales in the middle of the body, strongly keeled; 153–173 ventrals; 51–95 subcaudals.

Colour olive, uniform or with more or less regular, narrow yellow cross-bands, or yellow with green spots; belly pale olive, marbled with black or yellow, or uniform yellow.

Total length, 550 millimetres; tail 100.

Habitat: West Africa, from the Cameroons to Angola.

(3) A. ceratophorus.—Several erect, supraciliary horn-like scales; 9–10 scales from eye to eye; 25 rows of scales in the middle of the body, strongly keeled; 142 ventrals; 55 subcaudals.

Colour dark olive, with black spots forming cross-bands; belly pale olive, speckled with black.

Total length, 210 millimetres; tail 65.

Habitat: East Africa.