2255 Author Broadley, Donald G. Author Wallach, Van text Zootaxa 2009 2009-10-08 2255 1 100 journal article 1175­5334 Key to the species of Megatyphlops in eastern and southern Africa 1a. Rostral circular in dorsal view and not strongly projecting; short nasal suture arising from the rostral; dorsum light red-brown, pigment confined to posterior half of each scale M. anomalus 1b. Rostral unguiform, oval or cuneiform in dorsal view, strongly projecting; long nasal suture arising from first or second supralabial; dorsum lineolate, blotched, mottled or uniform black or grey-brown ............................................ 2 2a. Rostral unguiform in dorsal view; midbody scale rows usually 34–44; dorsum mottled with black or entirely black ................................................................................................................................................................. M. schlegelii 2b. Rostral oval or cuneiform in dorsal view; midbody scale rows usually 30–36; dorsum lineolate, blotched with black or uniform grey-brown ...................................................................................................................................... 3 3a. Rostral oval in dorsal view, convex in profile; rostral length/width ratio usually less than 1.25; lineolate or blotched, some large adults uniform grey-brown ..................................................................................... M. mucruso 3b. Rostral cuneiform in dorsal view, depressed in profile; rostral length/width ratio usually more than 1.25; juveniles lineolate, adults uniform grey-brown ............................................................................................................ M. brevis