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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8BF928C15B5DFF45" bold="true" box="[151,365,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Typhlops golyathi</emphasis>
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(
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,
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;
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,
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)
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.
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Male
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4.5385 from Valle de
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, Viñales Municipality, Pinar del Río Province,
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,
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,
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,
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elevation, collected on
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by Roberto Alonso.
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8BA829035B76FE9B" bold="true" box="[198,326,341,367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A large species (
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maximum SVL) with moderate body size (57.8 TL/MBD) of the
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8EE829035B11FE61" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. biminiensis</emphasis>
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species group that presents more middorsal scales (&gt; 625) than any other West Indian species (
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). It also presents a posterior reduction of four longitudinal scale rows, this characteristic is unique among species of the group. The closest species is
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8981299F5965FE16" box="[751,853,457,482]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. arator</emphasis>
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. Both species are large Cuban blind snakes, have the same number of scale rows at the anterior part of the body (26) and a greater number of middorsal scales than any other West Indian species (
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). Also, both species are distributed to the west of the remaining species of the
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8A2D2A6B5BD9FDA2" box="[323,489,573,598]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. biminiensis</emphasis>
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species group (
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). However, the new species can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8EE82A6B5AD2FD89" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. arator</emphasis>
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by its posterior scale row reduction (4 rows vs. 2 rows), total middorsals (&gt; 625 vs. &lt;580), relative tail length (3% vs. 2%), snout and rostral patterns, ocular size (OLM/OW 0.8 vs. 0.5) and sinuosity (0.8 vs. 0.2) (
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8BF92AA85B34FCE2" bold="true" box="[151,260,766,790]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">TABLE 1</emphasis>
. Comparison among eight Cuban
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species of
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F883F2AA859D6FCE1" box="[849,998,766,789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. biminiensis</emphasis>
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species group using selected characters: A,
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8BD92B775B19FCCC" box="[183,297,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. golyathi</emphasis>
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; B,
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; C,
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; D,
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; E,
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; F,
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8F6E2B775EA9FCCC" box="[1024,1177,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. notorachius</emphasis>
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; G,
<taxonomicName id="4C774D20FFD50D4F8FAB2B775F69FCCC" box="[1221,1369,801,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perimychus">
<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8FAB2B775F69FCCC" box="[1221,1369,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. perimychus</emphasis>
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; H,
<taxonomicName id="4C774D20FFD50D4F8EE62B775AD7FCAF" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="satelles">
<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8EE62B775AD7FCAF" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">T. satelles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Data for species B to G were obtained from Thomas and Hedges (2007), and for species C from Domínguez and Moreno (in press).
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<paragraph id="8BC836A3FFD50D4F8BF12BCF5867FC44" blockId="2.[151,1437,766,944]" box="[159,599,921,944]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Character Species</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC836A3FFD50D4F8BF12BB85F1FFAB7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
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<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92B925BE4FBF1" box="[151,468,964,1029]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Maximum TL (mm)</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682B92581EFBF1" box="[518,558,964,1029]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">A 371</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352B9258B3FBF1" box="[603,643,964,1029]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">B 240</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2B92593EFBF1" box="[688,782,964,1029]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">C 278</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2B9259BEFBF1" box="[817,910,964,1029]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">D 460</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2B9259EAFBF1" box="[946,986,964,1029]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">E 316</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792B925E45FBF1" box="[1047,1141,964,1029]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">F 301</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62B925EC5FBF1" box="[1176,1269,964,1029]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">G 280</th>
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782B925FADFBF1" box="[1302,1437,964,1029]" gridcol="8" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">H 350</th>
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<tr id="354734E1FFD5F2B28BF92C4A5FADFBC7" box="[151,1437,1052,1075]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92C4A5BE4FBC7" box="[151,468,1052,1075]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Maximum TA (mm)</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682C4A581EFBC7" box="[518,558,1052,1075]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">11</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352C4A58B3FBC7" box="[603,643,1052,1075]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2C4A593EFBC7" box="[688,782,1052,1075]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2C4A59BEFBC7" box="[817,910,1052,1075]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">10</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2C4A59EAFBC7" box="[946,986,1052,1075]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">6</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792C4A5E45FBC7" box="[1047,1141,1052,1075]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62C4A5EC5FBC7" box="[1176,1269,1052,1075]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">6</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782C4A5FADFBC7" box="[1302,1437,1052,1075]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">7</td>
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<tr id="354734E1FFD5F2B28BF92C1F5FADFB94" box="[151,1437,1097,1120]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92C1F5BE4FB94" box="[151,468,1097,1120]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">TL/TA</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682C1F581EFB94" box="[518,558,1097,1120]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">34</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352C1F58B3FB94" box="[603,643,1097,1120]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">48</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2C1F593EFB94" box="[688,782,1097,1120]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5556</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2C1F59BEFB94" box="[817,910,1097,1120]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">4648</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2C1F59EAFB94" box="[946,986,1097,1120]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">53</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792C1F5E45FB94" box="[1047,1141,1097,1120]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">4875</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62C1F5EC5FB94" box="[1176,1269,1097,1120]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">4685</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782C1F5FADFB94" box="[1302,1437,1097,1120]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5561</td>
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<tr id="354734E1FFD5F2B28BF92C205FADFB79" box="[151,1437,1142,1165]" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92C205BE4FB79" box="[151,468,1142,1165]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">TL/MBD</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682C20581EFB79" box="[518,558,1142,1165]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">58</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352C2058B3FB79" box="[603,643,1142,1165]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">63</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2C20593EFB79" box="[688,782,1142,1165]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">4562</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2C2059BEFB79" box="[817,910,1142,1165]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">5158</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2C2059EAFB79" box="[946,986,1142,1165]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">63</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792C205E45FB79" box="[1047,1141,1142,1165]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">4557</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62C205EC5FB79" box="[1176,1269,1142,1165]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">4159</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782C205FADFB79" box="[1302,1437,1142,1165]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">6275</td>
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<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92CF25BE4FB4F" box="[151,468,1188,1211]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Middorsal scale counts</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682CF2581EFB4F" box="[518,558,1188,1211]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">629</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352CF258B3FB4F" box="[603,643,1188,1211]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">514</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2CF2593EFB4F" box="[688,782,1188,1211]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">460513</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2CF259BEFB4F" box="[817,910,1188,1211]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">578579</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2CF259EAFB4F" box="[946,986,1188,1211]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">502</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792CF25E45FB4F" box="[1047,1141,1188,1211]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">475529</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62CF25EC5FB4F" box="[1176,1269,1188,1211]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">453496</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782CF25FADFB4F" box="[1302,1437,1188,1211]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">514527</td>
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<tr id="354734E1FFD5F2B28BF92C875FADFB1C" box="[151,1437,1233,1256]" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92C875BE4FB1C" box="[151,468,1233,1256]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Anterior scale rows</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682C87581EFB1C" box="[518,558,1233,1256]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">26</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352C8758B3FB1C" box="[603,643,1233,1256]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">24</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2C87593EFB1C" box="[688,782,1233,1256]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">24</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2C8759BEFB1C" box="[817,910,1233,1256]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">26</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2C8759EAFB1C" box="[946,986,1233,1256]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">24</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792C875E45FB1C" box="[1047,1141,1233,1256]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">24</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62C875EC5FB1C" box="[1176,1269,1233,1256]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22, 24</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782C875FADFB1C" box="[1302,1437,1233,1256]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22, 24</td>
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<tr id="354734E1FFD5F2B28BF92CA85FADFAE1" box="[151,1437,1278,1301]" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92CA85BE4FAE1" box="[151,468,1278,1301]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Posterior scale rows</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682CA8581EFAE1" box="[518,558,1278,1301]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352CA858B3FAE1" box="[603,643,1278,1301]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2CA8593EFAE1" box="[688,782,1278,1301]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2CA859BEFAE1" box="[817,910,1278,1301]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">24</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2CA859EAFAE1" box="[946,986,1278,1301]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792CA85E45FAE1" box="[1047,1141,1278,1301]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62CA85EC5FAE1" box="[1176,1269,1278,1301]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782CA85FADFAE1" box="[1302,1437,1278,1301]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">22</td>
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<tr id="354734E1FFD5F2B28BF92D7A5FADFAB7" box="[151,1437,1324,1347]" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<th id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28BF92D7A5BE4FAB7" box="[151,468,1324,1347]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Scale rows reduction (% TL)</th>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289682D7A581EFAB7" box="[518,558,1324,1347]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">42</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289352D7A58B3FAB7" box="[603,643,1324,1347]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">31</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B289DE2D7A593EFAB7" box="[688,782,1324,1347]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">28</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B2885F2D7A59BEFAB7" box="[817,910,1324,1347]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">3441</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B288DC2D7A59EAFAB7" box="[946,986,1324,1347]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">31</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28F792D7A5E45FAB7" box="[1047,1141,1324,1347]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">1540</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28FF62D7A5EC5FAB7" box="[1176,1269,1324,1347]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">50</td>
<td id="76965D9DFFD5F2B28E782D7A5FADFAB7" box="[1302,1437,1324,1347]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">11</td>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD50D4F8BAB2DD95B6CFA5D" bold="true" box="[197,348,1423,1449]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Description.</emphasis>
Male with large size (
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SVL),
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TA,
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TL, 33.7 TL/TA, moderate body,
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ABD,
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MBD,
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PBD,
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TD, 88.3 TL/ABD, 58.0 TL/MBD, 70.0 TL/PBD, 3.0 TA/ TD. Tail with a small apical spine and three scales bordering the vent opening. Head nondistinct from neck and ogival in dorsal view, broader than long (1.06 HWM/HL), narrowing to the apex, 0.89 HWE/HWM and 0.52 HWN/HWM, strongly dorsoventrally depressed. Snout lightly sharppointed, narrow (0.50
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/ HWM) and ogival to rounded head in outline. Rostral broad in dorsal view, broader than long (1.03 RWD1/ RLD2, 0.92 RWD1/RLD1), curvedsided (1.01 RWD2/RWD1), lightly umboed, not flared on anterior apex, nearly parallelsided midrostrally, with sharppointed to rounded posterior apex, almost reaching interocular level,
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RED (0.04 RED/RLD2); broad rostral in ventral view, broader than long, without anterior constriction, anteriorly equally as broad as in dorsal view, obliquelysided with strong posterior constriction near the mouth, 1.90 ((RWD1 + RTL)/TL)*100. Nasal completely divided; subtriangular superior nasal, with shallow concavity in posterior margin and narrowly in contact with anterior margin of the supraocular; broad nostrils, not visible in dorsal view and much closer to rostral margin than preocular margin; short superior nasal suture and nostrils obliquely oriented (45º angle approximately) to the body longitudinal axis in lateral view; inferior nasal suture with a pronounced curve and contacting in the midpoint of second supralabial; nasalpreocular suture coincident with secondthird supralabials suture; preocularocular suture coincident with thirdfourth supralabials suture; postnasal pattern divergent (0.61 PPNW/APNW, 0.63 RWD1/APNW). Single preocular with &quot;S&quot; pattern, twice as wide as long (0.51 RC/PW), smaller than superior nasal and ocular, in contact with second and third supralabials (
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PSL), sinuous preocularocular suture (0.72 PS, 0.79 OS). Polygonal ocular and longer than wide (0.72 OLM/OW); black eyes,
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ED, at preocular notch level,
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IOD, and distant from the snout, 0.50 SED/HL; postocular located between parietal and fourth supralabial, with straight posterior margin. Frontal similar to supraocular, both slightly longer than postfrontal, interparietal and interoccipital; nuchal similar to the costals; supraocular obliquely oriented (45º angle approximately) to the head midline; two parietals extending towards the head midline and two occipitals nearly transversely oriented to body axis and parietals. Scale posterior borders are sharppointed to rounded in frontal, supraocular, interparietal, interoccipital and nuchal; lightly truncated in postfrontal and parietals, and lightly rounded in occipitals. Four supralabials with TIII imbrication pattern; second supralabial 1.5 times the size of first, in contact with nasal superior and lower edge of preocular; third supralabial twice the size of the first, in contact with preocular and lower edge of ocular; fourth supralabial is the largest, more than four times the first, with convex posterior margin. Four infralabials; second lightly larger than first; third twice times the first; fourth infralabial is the largest, 2.5 times the first. Middorsal scale count, 629; 26 scale rows, reducing posteriorly to: 25 scale rows at 29 % TL or 231th middorsal scales level, 24 scale rows at 30 % TL or 235th middorsal scales level, 23 scale rows at 39 % TL or 285th middorsal scales level, and finally to 22 at 42 % TL or 298th middorsal scales level. Dorsocaudals, 20 and ventrocaudals, 22.
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. Comparison between
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. Data for
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were obtained from Thomas
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and
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.
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Species
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD40D4E89BA2C7F5975FBB4" box="[724,837,1065,1088]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">T. golyathi</emphasis>
Ogival
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to rounded
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD40D4E8F522C7F5EAAFBB4" box="[1084,1178,1065,1088]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">T. arator</emphasis>
Ogival
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<th id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28BF92CD75BEAFB6C" box="[151,474,1153,1176]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Lateral snout pattern</th>
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<th id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28BF92C8D5BEAFB06" box="[151,474,1243,1266]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Acuminate posteriorly</th>
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<td id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28F522D5F5FACFAD4" box="[1084,1436,1289,1312]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Strongly</td>
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<th id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28BF92D605BEAFAB9" box="[151,474,1334,1357]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Flared on anterior apex</th>
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<td id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28F522D605FACFAB9" box="[1084,1436,1334,1357]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Strongly</td>
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<th id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28BF92D355BEAFA8E" box="[151,474,1379,1402]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Parallel sides midrostral</th>
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<th id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28BF92DC75BEAF9C4" box="[151,474,1425,1584]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">RWD1/RLD2 RWD2/RWD1 ((RWD1 + RTL)/TL)*100 OLM/OW</th>
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0.97 1.04 2.46
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0.5
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<th id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28BF92E105BEAF9A9" box="[151,474,1606,1629]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">OS</th>
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<td id="76965D9DFFD4F2B28F522E105FACF9A9" box="[1084,1436,1606,1629]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">0.19</td>
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<paragraph id="8BC836A3FFD40D4E8BAB2EFC58EDF8CC" blockId="3.[151,1437,1706,1928]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Coloration in alcohol dark brown dorsum and light brown venter. Number of dark brown scale rows (in dorsal view) counted at neck, midbody and before vent levels are seven, 11 and 11, respectively. Whitish snout: rostral, nasals, preocular, anterior portion of frontal, midinferior of ocular and postocular, and four supralabials. Tail unspotted along ventral surface.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C36D6528FFD40D498BAB2F115F77FA1A" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD40D4E8BAB2F115B65F895" bold="true" box="[197,341,1863,1889]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Etymology.</emphasis>
Patronymic of Golyath (Later Latin translated from Hebrew), biblical giant from book 1st Samuel, Old Testament. Name in allusion to the large size of this species.
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD30D498BF92CA65B29FAFC" bold="true" box="[151,281,1264,1288]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD30D498A4E2CA65BEDFAF3" box="[288,477,1264,1287]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Typhlops golyathi</emphasis>
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(holotype) dorsal and lateral views, showing the head scutellation (bar = 2 mm).
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD30D498BAB2D6F5BA2FAA7" bold="true" box="[197,402,1337,1363]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Natural History.</emphasis>
The animal was collected under a stone, during the day. This region reaches 28 30 ºC maximum temperature in summer and 14 16 ºC minimum temperature in winter. It receives approximately 1
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of annual precipitation (Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografía, 1978). The vegetation is characterized by semideciduous and evergreen forests, and vegetation complex of “mogote” peculiar karst mountains called “mogotes” in Spanish, from Western and Central
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD30D498BAB2DAC5B58F9E1" bold="true" box="[197,360,1530,1557]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B903EAB1FFD30D498A1F2DAD5877F9E0" box="[369,583,1531,1556]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Typhlops golyathi</emphasis>
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is known only from the
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locality of Valle de
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, Viñales Municipality, Pinar del Río Province,
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(
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