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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290A8FDCAF208FD34" bold="true" box="[151,365,631,657]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Letheobia largeni</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13272A4AFF84380290A0FD27F3B8FD11" box="[159,221,666,692]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="18.[151,255,1537,1561]" captionTargetBox="[375,1202,351,1536]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[357,1230,327,1538]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 5. The Letheobia rufescens complex: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of head of: A. L. largeni sp. nov. (BMNH 1974.5162, holotype – Gambela, Ethiopia, after Largen, 1978: Fig. 7); B. L. wittei (IRSNB 2511, holotype – Vandia-poshe, Democratic Republic of Congo, after Roux-Estève, 1974: Fig. 179); C. L. rufescens (MNHN 1916.262, holotype – Haut Oubangui, Central African Republic, after Roux-Estève, 1974: Fig. 167). The lines indicate 1 mm to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/177283/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Fig 5</figureCitation>
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A)
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF84380290A8FD7FF281FD79" blockId="17.[151,484,631,732]" box="[151,484,706,732]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Largen’s gracile blind-snake</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF84380290A8FCAFF7ECFC8C" blockId="17.[151,1161,786,809]" box="[151,1161,786,809]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF84380290A8FCAFF2E8FC8C" box="[151,397,786,809]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="48" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290A8FCAFF2E8FC8C" box="[151,397,786,809]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Rhinotyphlops pallidus</emphasis>
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– (not Cope)
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF843802921EFCAFF1B6FC8C" author="Largen" box="[545,723,786,809]" page="59" pageId="17" pageNumber="48" year="1978">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF843802921EFCAFF1C9FC8C" author="Largen" box="[545,684,786,809]" pageId="17" pageNumber="66" refString="Largen, M. J. (1978) The status of the family Typhlopidae (Reptilia Serpentes) in Ethiopia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (Firenze), (N. S.) Supplemento 10, 43 - 68." type="journal article" year="1978">Largen 1978</bibRefCitation>
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: 59
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,
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<figureCitation id="13272A4AFF84380292E0FCAFF07AFC8C" box="[735,799,786,809]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="23.[151,255,1350,1374]" captionTargetBox="[368,1204,201,1306]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[350,1237,183,1326]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 7. Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of: A. L. gracilis (ZMB 44030, holotype – Kitungulu, Zimbabwe, after Witte, 1966: Fig. 5); B. L. sudanensis (MRAC 3232, paratype – Faradje, Democratic Republic of Congo, after Roux- Estève, 1974: Fig. 171); C. L. lumbriciformis (ZMB 8045 A, syntype – Zanzibar coast, after Roux-Estève, 1974: Fig. 155. The lines indicate 1 mm to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/177285/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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;
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF8438029314FCAFF7E0FC8C" author="Largen" box="[811,1157,786,809]" page="321" pageId="17" pageNumber="48" year="1993">
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: 321
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.
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.
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(
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,
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, elevation
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), collected by E. McConnell,
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290FAFC17F221FC61" bold="true" box="[197,324,938,964]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Closely related to
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,
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</emphasis>
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but with the supraocular separated from the rostral by nasal/frontal contact and the nasal suture arising from the second supralabial.
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<subSubSection id="C3066544FF84380290FAFC47F181FB29" pageId="17" pageNumber="48" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290FAFC47F238FBB1" bold="true" box="[197,349,1018,1044]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Description.</emphasis>
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Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral broad, semi-sagittate posteriorly; frontal subtrapexoid; supraocular oblique, its lateral apex between ocular and nasal, the latter separated from the lip by a large subocular; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from second labial;
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X (N1, P, O, O); scale rows 24-22-22; MD 432; L/D ratio 65. Length
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF8438029203FBCFF1B2FB29" author="Largen" box="[572,727,1138,1164]" pageId="17" pageNumber="66" refString="Largen, M. J. (1978) The status of the family Typhlopidae (Reptilia Serpentes) in Ethiopia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (Firenze), (N. S.) Supplemento 10, 43 - 68." type="journal article" year="1978">Largen 1978</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3066544FF84380290FAFB27F280FB79" pageId="17" pageNumber="48" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290FAFB27F234FB11" bold="true" box="[197,337,1178,1204]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Etymology.</emphasis>
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Named for Malcolm Largen, who described and illustrated the
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specimen.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF84380290FAFB7FF280FB79" blockId="17.[151,1436,858,1284]" box="[197,485,1218,1244]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290FAFB7FF249FB79" bold="true" box="[197,300,1218,1244]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Moist savanna.
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF84380290FAFB57F200FAA1" bold="true" box="[197,357,1258,1284]" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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locality in southwestern
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(
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&
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<figureCitation id="13272A4AFF84380294FEFB57F784FAA1" box="[1217,1249,1258,1284]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="32.[151,255,1155,1179]" captionTargetBox="[269,1322,179,1127]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[264,1323,177,1131]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURE 13. Distribution of the Letheobia somalica complex in Ethiopia and Eritrea." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/177290/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="48">13</figureCitation>
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).
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