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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFF0284784084B37A" bold="true" box="[151,454,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Leptotyphlops yemenicus</emphasis>
Scortecci
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(
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, Fig. 4)
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<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFC8FFEFFF02841541A9B347" box="[151,235,1112,1138]" name="Yemen" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Yemen</collectingCountry>
worm snake
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, Atti. Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat.
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. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 72: 165.
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locality
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,
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MSNM 3354, collected 1933, donated by G. Franchini;
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<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFE3584AF43BEB3CC" author="Schmidt &amp; Hoogstraal" box="[416,764,1250,1273]" firstAuthor="Schmidt" page="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refId="ref62039" refString="Schmidt, K. P. &amp; Hoogstraal, H. (1951) Amphibians and reptiles from Yemen. U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, 9 pp." type="book" year="1951">Schmidt &amp; Hoogstraal, 1951: 7</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFC9E84AF42A7B3CC" author="Schmidt" box="[779,997,1250,1273]" firstAuthor="Schmidt" page="259" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="253 - 261" refId="ref62008" refString="Schmidt, K. P. (1953) Amphibians and reptiles of Yemen. Fieldiana: Zoology (Chicago), 34 (24), 253 - 261." type="journal article" year="1953">Schmidt, 1953: 259</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFC6684AF440CB3CC" author="Corkill &amp; Cochrane" box="[1011,1358,1250,1273]" firstAuthor="Corkill" page="496" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="475 - 506" refId="ref58200" refString="Corkill, N. L. &amp; Cochrane, J. A. (1966) The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (Bombay), (1965) 62 (3): 475 - 506." type="journal article" year="1966">Corkill &amp; Cochrane, 1966: 496</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFAC984AF4065B22C" author="Hahn, D. E." firstAuthor="Hahn" page="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 93" refId="ref59010" refString="Hahn, D. E. (1980) Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Anomalepididae, Leptotyphlopidae, Typhlopidae. Das Tierreich (Berlin), 101, i - xii, 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1980">Hahn, 1980: 23</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFEA6854F435EB22C" author="Gasperetti" box="[307,540,1282,1305]" firstAuthor="Gasperetti" page="202" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="169 - 450" refId="ref58809" refString="Gasperetti, J. (1988) Snakes of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), 9, 169 - 450." type="journal article" year="1988">Gasperetti, 1988: 202</bibRefCitation>
;
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McDiarmid
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFD3F854F439DB22C" box="[682,735,1282,1305]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">et al,</emphasis>
1999: 39
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.
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFC8FFEFFF02856F4096B20C" authorityName="Hahn" authorityYear="1978" box="[151,468,1314,1337]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="blanfordi" subSpecies="nursi">Leptotyphlops blanfordi nursi</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFE6C856F43EDB20C" author="Hahn" box="[505,687,1314,1337]" firstAuthor="Hahn" page="487" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="477 - 489" refId="ref58920" refString="Hahn, D. E. (1978) A brief review of the genus Leptotyphlops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) of Asia, with description of a new species. Journal of Herpetology (Lawrence), 12 (4), 477 - 489." type="journal article" year="1978">Hahn, 1978: 487</bibRefCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFF02850F4340B26C" box="[151,514,1346,1369]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFC8FFEFFF02850F40A1B26C" authorityName="Schätti &amp; Gasperetti" authorityYear="1994" box="[151,483,1346,1369]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="blanfordii" subSpecies="nursii">Leptotyphlops blanfordii nursii</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFD9D850F421FB26C" author="Schatti &amp; Gasperetti" box="[520,861,1346,1369]" firstAuthor="Schatti" page="382" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="348 - 423" refId="ref61881" refString="Schatti, B. &amp; Gasperetti, J. (1994) A contribution to the herpetofauna of Southwest Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), 14, 348 - 423." type="journal article" year="1994">Schätti &amp; Gasperetti, 1994: 382</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFCFD850F4582B26C" author="Schatti &amp; Desvoignes" box="[872,1216,1346,1369]" firstAuthor="Schatti" page="78" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refId="ref61849" refString="Schatti, B. &amp; Desvoignes, A. (1999) The herpetofauna of southern Yemen and the Sokotra Archipelago. Museum d'His- toire Naturelle, Geneve, 178 pp." type="book" year="1999">Schätti &amp; Desvoignes, 1999: 78</bibRefCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFF02852F40C8B24C" box="[151,394,1378,1401]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFC8FFEFFF02852F4029B24C" box="[151,363,1378,1401]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nursi">Leptotyphlops nursi</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFC8FFEFFE05852F430FB24C" author="Abadi" box="[400,589,1378,1401]" firstAuthor="Abadi" page="101" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refId="ref56244" refString="Abadi, N. (1998) Fauna of Yemen. Part 2. Amphibians and reptiles. Abadi Center for Studies and Publishing, Sanaa, 151 pp." type="book" year="1998">Abadi, 1998: 101</bibRefCitation>
.
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<subSubSection id="67CB655FFFC8FFEFFF0285E74080B151" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFC8FFEFFF0285E74080B151" blockId="21.[151,1436,1450,2036]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFF0285E74055B2F1" bold="true" box="[151,279,1450,1476]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
With 12 midtail rows,
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appears allied to
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFBB185E6453FB2F1" box="[1060,1149,1451,1476]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">L. burii</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFC8FFEFFB2D85E6445CB2F1" box="[1208,1310,1451,1476]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nursii">L. nursii</taxonomicName>
,
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but it differs in its low middorsal count and high subcaudal count, short tail with large thorn-like apical spine, narrow depressed head, short and narrow rostral, supranasal and ocular shapes, and semilunate cloacal shield. In addition, it differs from
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFC8FFEFFE15866E40A1B109" box="[384,483,1571,1596]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nursii">
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFE15866E40A1B109" box="[384,483,1571,1596]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">L. nursii</emphasis>
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in its smaller frontal size and lack of a slight beak. Skull with a large frontoparietal foramen like
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFC8FFEFFEF1860640FCB151" box="[356,446,1611,1636]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cairi">L. cairi</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFC8FFEFFF53863F401CB1B9" bold="true" box="[198,350,1650,1676]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Description.</emphasis>
Body cylindrical, with head narrower than neck, the long tail tapers slightly before a large thorn-like terminal spine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFC8FFECFF53868F45DBB61F" blockId="21.[151,1436,1450,2036]" lastBlockId="22.[151,1436,152,298]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Snout rounded in dorsal view; lateral head profile depressed with rounded snout projecting with distinct preoral cavity but beak lacking in lateral view. Rostral sagittate, narrow (0.36 head width), not reaching eye level; supranasals larger and broader than rostral dorsally, extending well beyond posterior apex of rostral, nearly as broad as ocular in lateral view with strongly oblique and angled posterior border; interocular line centred between frontal and postfrontal shields. Behind rostral, upper lip bordered by infranasal (nostril nearer to supralabial than rostral along nasal suture), which is twice the height of anterior supralabial and equal in width to it along lip, short anterior supralabial, ocular that is broader than supranasal with a wide lower portion, upper third narrowed, barely wider than the large eye (with distinct pupil) beneath it, and moderate sub-triangular posterior supralabial. Supraoculars rounded, about as long as wide, anteriorly wedged between supranasal and ocular, posteriorly wedged between the slightly broader frontal and postfrontal, frontal narrower than postfrontal, which is narrower than interparietal. Parietals transverse, occipitals enlarged and fused, in contact with posterior supralabial. Temporal single. Cloacal shield semilunate.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFF028776403FB066" bold="true" box="[151,381,1851,1875]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">PLATE 7. Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFE1387714327B066" box="[390,613,1852,1875]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Leptotyphlops nursii</emphasis>
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. Dorsal, ventral and lateral views of the head of FMNH 66157 — Tapizz, Yemen. Drawings by J. Boundy.
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFE638716431EB046" bold="true" box="[502,604,1883,1907]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFDF687114238B046" box="[611,890,1884,1907]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFCBFFECFDF687114237B046" box="[611,885,1884,1907]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythraeus">Leptotyphlops erythraeus</taxonomicName>
.
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Dorsal, ventral and lateral views of the head of the type, MSNM 3349 — Massaua, Eritrea, redrawn with modifications from
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFCBFFECFC5B873145C7B0A6" author="Scortecci" box="[974,1157,1916,1939]" firstAuthor="Scortecci" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="290 - 339" refId="ref62126" refString="Scortecci, G. (1928) Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Milano. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 67 (3 - 4), 290 - 339." type="journal article" year="1928">Scortecci (1928)</bibRefCitation>
.
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFB07873645B9B0A6" bold="true" box="[1170,1275,1915,1939]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFA9087314190B086" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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.
</emphasis>
Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of BMNH 1937.11.1.10 — Ad Dali, Yemen, after
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFCBFFECFB4C87D144DAB086" author="Gasperetti" box="[1241,1432,1948,1971]" firstAuthor="Gasperetti" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="169 - 450" refId="ref58809" refString="Gasperetti, J. (1988) Snakes of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), 9, 169 - 450." type="journal article" year="1988">Gasperetti (1988)</bibRefCitation>
. Drawings by E. Wade. The line represents 1 mm to scale.
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFC9487F64224B0E6" bold="true" box="[769,870,1979,2003]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCBFFECFCF887F145C3B0E6" box="[877,1153,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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.
</emphasis>
Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of the type, MSNM 3354 - Yemen. Redrawn with modifications from Scortecci (1933).
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFCAFFEDFF5380D543C3B7EF" blockId="23.[151,1436,152,338]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Scale rows 14-14-14, midtail rows 12; middorsals 287, subcaudals 42. Length/width ratio 70, relative tail length 11.5%, tail length/width ratio 9.55.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCAFFEDFF5381424042B61C" bold="true" box="[198,256,271,297]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Size.</emphasis>
Total length of
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80.5 + 10.5 =
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFCAFFEDFF53817A4025B664" bold="true" box="[198,359,311,337]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from the
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MSNM 3354 from
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, without precise locality.
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