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municipality,
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state,
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(lost),
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municipality,
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state,
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(juvenile female), from
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Hidrel´etrica
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above sea level
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),
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municipality,
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,
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. [
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B78EFA21E09EF9CF" bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">New synonymy</emphasis>
].
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B11EF9D5E0ABF99B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF92FFC4B11EF9D5E71CF9F8" blockId="7.[818,1488,1580,1628]" box="[818,1048,1580,1600]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3.3.2. Heterochresonymy</paragraph>
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[non
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF92FFC4B1CAF9B0E672F99B" authority="Boulenger, 1896: 584" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityPageNumber="584" authorityYear="1896" box="[998,1398,1608,1628]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Helmintophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ternetzii">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B1CAF9B0E7A3F99B" bold="true" box="[998,1191,1608,1628]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">Helmintophis ternetzii</emphasis>
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]: Amaral, 1924;
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(In error).
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B248F97FE3A3F95F" bold="true" box="[100,167,1671,1688]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">Table 1</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Selected diagnostic characters for
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B3A7F958E2E2F976" bold="true" box="[395,486,1696,1713]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">Liotyphlops</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
from the Atlantic Rainforest, sampled in this study (
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= number of specimens with scale counts, * = junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B2E1F942E24AF90C" bold="true" box="[205,334,1722,1739]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">Liotyphlops beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ** = species with marginal records in Atlantic Rainforest). For raw values, refer to Supplementary Table 1.
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<th id="76946E79FF92003CB334F927E2C1F8C3" box="[280,453,1759,1796]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Postfrontals contacting prefrontal</th>
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF927E15BF8C3" box="[515,607,1759,1796]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Supralabials</th>
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB051F927E1D6F8C3" box="[637,722,1759,1796]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Infralabials</th>
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB0DCF927E066F8C3" box="[752,866,1759,1796]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Anterior dorsal rows</th>
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB1A3F927E701F8C3" box="[911,1029,1759,1796]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Posterior dorsal rows</th>
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB61EF927E7C1F8C3" box="[1074,1221,1759,1796]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" rowspan="2" rowspanBelow="1">Dorsalson vertebral row</th>
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<tr id="35450705FF92003CB258F8E1E6C4F8E0" box="[116,1472,1817,1831]" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB258F8E1E3F9F8E0" box="[116,253,1817,1831]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF92FFC4B258F8E1E3A0F8E0" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[116,164,1817,1831]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B258F8E1E3A0F8E0" bold="true" box="[116,164,1817,1831]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B29CF8E1E3BDF8E0" bold="true" box="[176,185,1817,1831]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">n</emphasis>
= 30)
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB334F8E1E2C1F8E0" box="[280,453,1817,1831]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF8E1E15BF8E0" box="[515,607,1817,1831]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">4</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB051F8E1E1D6F8E0" box="[637,722,1817,1831]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB0DCF8E1E066F8E0" box="[752,866,1817,1831]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">2224</td>
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB6CAF8E1E63AF8E0" box="[1254,1342,1817,1831]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">375434</td>
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<th id="76946E79FF92003CB258F8C8E3F9F8F9" box="[116,253,1840,1854]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B258F8C8E3BBF8F9" bold="true" box="[116,191,1840,1854]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">L. caissara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B2E7F8C8E3D0F8F9" bold="true" box="[203,212,1840,1854]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">n</emphasis>
= 2)
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB334F8C8E2C1F8F9" box="[280,453,1840,1854]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF8C8E15BF8F9" box="[515,607,1840,1854]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">4</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB051F8C8E1D6F8F9" box="[637,722,1840,1854]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB0DCF8C8E066F8F9" box="[752,866,1840,1854]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">2223</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB1A3F8C8E701F8F9" box="[911,1029,1840,1854]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">20</td>
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB6CAF8C8E63AF8F9" box="[1254,1342,1840,1854]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">274308</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB75EF8C8E6C4F8F9" box="[1394,1472,1840,1854]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">1014</td>
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<tr id="35450705FF92003CB258F8BEE6C4F892" box="[116,1472,1862,1877]" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB258F8BEE3F9F892" box="[116,253,1862,1877]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF92FFC4B258F8BFE3B7F893" authorityName="Santos &amp; Reis" authorityYear="2018" box="[116,179,1862,1877]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sousai" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B258F8BFE3B7F893" bold="true" box="[116,179,1862,1877]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">L. sousai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
* (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B2E7F8BFE3D0F892" bold="true" box="[203,212,1863,1877]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">n</emphasis>
= 1)
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB334F8BEE2C1F892" box="[280,453,1862,1877]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF8BEE15BF892" box="[515,607,1862,1877]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">4</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB051F8BEE1D6F892" box="[637,722,1862,1877]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
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<th id="76946E79FF92003CB258F8A5E3F9F845" box="[116,253,1885,1922]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B258F8A6E3BBF8AC" bold="true" box="[116,191,1885,1900]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">L. ternetzii</emphasis>
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** (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B2CCF8A6E3EDF8AB" bold="true" box="[224,233,1886,1900]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">n</emphasis>
= 6)
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB334F8A5E2C1F845" box="[280,453,1885,1922]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF8A5E15BF845" box="[515,607,1885,1922]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">4</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB051F8A5E1D6F845" box="[637,722,1885,1922]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB0DCF8A5E066F845" box="[752,866,1885,1922]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">2226</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB1A3F8A5E701F845" box="[911,1029,1885,1922]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">22</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB61EF8A5E7C1F845" box="[1074,1221,1885,1922]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">438473</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB6CAF8A5E63AF845" box="[1254,1342,1885,1922]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">455485</td>
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<tr id="35450705FF92003CB258F873E6C4F85E" box="[116,1472,1931,1945]" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB258F873E3F9F85E" box="[116,253,1931,1945]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF92FFC4B258F873E3BFF85E" box="[116,187,1931,1945]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trefauti" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B258F873E3BFF85E" bold="true" box="[116,187,1931,1945]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">L. trefauti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B2EAF873E3CBF85E" bold="true" box="[198,207,1931,1945]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">n</emphasis>
= 2)
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB334F873E2C1F85E" box="[280,453,1931,1945]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">4</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF873E15BF85E" box="[515,607,1931,1945]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">34</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB051F873E1D6F85E" box="[637,722,1931,1945]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">34</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB0DCF873E066F85E" box="[752,866,1931,1945]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">22</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB1A3F873E701F85E" box="[911,1029,1931,1945]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">22</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB61EF873E7C1F85E" box="[1074,1221,1931,1945]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">520548</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB6CAF873E63AF85E" box="[1254,1342,1931,1945]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">499532</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB75EF873E6C4F85E" box="[1394,1472,1931,1945]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">89</td>
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<tr id="35450705FF92003CB258F85AE6C4F877" box="[116,1472,1954,1968]" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<th id="76946E79FF92003CB258F85AE3F9F877" box="[116,253,1954,1968]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF92FFC4B258F85AE3B3F877" baseAuthorityName="Garman" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[116,183,1954,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wilderi" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B258F85AE3B3F877" bold="true" box="[116,183,1954,1968]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">L. wilderi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B901D955FF92FFC4B2EFF85AE3C8F877" bold="true" box="[195,204,1954,1968]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">n</emphasis>
= 3)
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<td id="76946E79FF92003CB334F85AE2C1F877" box="[280,453,1954,1968]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">3</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB02FF85AE15BF877" box="[515,607,1954,1968]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">34</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB051F85AE1D6F877" box="[637,722,1954,1968]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">4</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB0DCF85AE066F877" box="[752,866,1954,1968]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">2224</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB1A3F85AE701F877" box="[911,1029,1954,1968]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">22</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB61EF85AE7C1F877" box="[1074,1221,1954,1968]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">304358</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB6CAF85AE63AF877" box="[1254,1342,1954,1968]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">284383</td>
<td id="76946E79FF92003CB75EF85AE6C4F877" box="[1394,1472,1954,1968]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="17">1219</td>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9DFFCBB248FA8DE399FA42" bold="true" box="[100,157,1397,1414]" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">Fig. 7.</emphasis>
Morphological variation of
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. A-B) Adult female topotype (IBSP 90395) from Instituto Butantan, S˜ao Paulo, S˜ao Paulo state, Brazil; C-D) Adult female (IBSP 78648) from S˜ao Paulo, S˜ao Paulo state, Brazil; E-F) Adult male (IBSP 79486) from Carapicuíba, S˜ao Paulo state, Brazil. Collection tag = 50 mm. Photograph credits: Bruno Rocha.
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9DFFCBB248F9E2E3FFF9EA" bold="true" box="[100,251,1562,1581]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">3.3.3. Diagnosis</emphasis>
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This species can be diagnosed based on the following combination of characters: (1) anterior dorsal scale rows 2224, usually 22; (2) midbody dorsal scale rows 2022, usually 20; (3) posterior dorsal scale rows 20; (4) dorsal scales in vertebral row 395446 (in males 395420, in females 410446); (5) mid-ventral scales 375434 (in males 375402, in females 395434); (6) subcaudal scale rows 1020 (in males 1620, in females 1015); (7) supralabials four; (8) infralabials three; (9) postfrontal scales contacting prefrontal three; (10) two scales in contact with posterior edge of nasal scale; (11) dorsal coloration uniformly dark brown or black, head and up to three first dorsal scale rows pinkish; (12) ventral coloration uniformly dark brown or black, head, gular region, and infralabials white or pink, cloacal region and ventral surface of tail white; (13) SVL
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(in males
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, in females
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); (14) Tail length
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(in males
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).
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<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9DFFCBB11EF9E2E0E2F9EA" blockId="8.[818,1488,1562,1972]" box="[818,998,1562,1581]" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9DFFCBB11EF9E2E0E2F9EA" bold="true" box="[818,998,1562,1581]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">3.3.4. Comparisons</emphasis>
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Characters for other species are contained within parentheses, and our data has been supplemented with those provided by
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.
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is likely to be confused with another similar congener,
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</taxonomicName>
, that also has a black dorsal coloration and is widely distributed from
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9DFFCBB609F95EE772F97E" box="[1061,1142,1702,1721]" name="Uruguay" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">Uruguay</collectingCountry>
and
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to northern
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. There appears to be no difference among these species in skull morphology (O.M. Entiauspe-Neto, pers. obs.). While it has been suggested that both species could be distinguished based on head coloration, which should be pink or white in
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</taxonomicName>
and black in
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, an analysis of both types (BMNH 1946.1.11.77 -
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of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9DFFCBB77CF8C9E07DF8A7" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">Helminthophis ternetzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; BMNH 1946.1.11.12 -
<typeStatus id="54CEBBE5FF9DFFCBB64FF8B5E7B2F8A7" box="[1123,1206,1869,1888]" pageId="8" pageNumber="18" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9DFFCBB6F5F8B5E618F8A7" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[1241,1308,1869,1888]" class="Squamata" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="8" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9DFFCBB6F5F8B5E618F8A7" bold="true" box="[1241,1308,1869,1888]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="18">H. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) reveals that both specimens present a similar, white head coloration in preservative, with a distinctly colored light brown body. Until an integrative revision incorporating molecular data is made, the taxonomic status of these two species is only weakly supported through external morphology. In light of this,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB287F8ECE3E3F8E0" bold="true" box="[171,231,1812,1831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
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</taxonomicName>
by having posterior dorsal rows 20 (
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) and dorsal scales in vertebral row 395446 (
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) (
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;
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). However, it should also be noted that different values for these counts in literature can be attributed to possible misidentifications (e.g. reports of posterior dorsal rows
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB022F858E149F875" bold="true" box="[526,589,1951,1971]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. beui</emphasis>
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by
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB248FC33E399FC1B" bold="true" box="[100,157,971,988]" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Fig. 8.</emphasis>
Boxplots, scatterplots, histograms, density plots, and pairwise comparison of sexually dimorphic characters of external morphology in males (M, purple) and females (F, orange) of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB30BFC1CE2ADFC32" bold="true" box="[295,425,996,1013]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops beui</emphasis>
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. Outliers are indicated as black circles. Pearson correlation (Corr) values: * = 0.05; ** = 0.01; *** = 0.001.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB67AFBCAE791FB84" bold="true" box="[1110,1173,1074,1091]" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Fig. 9.</emphasis>
Geographic distribution of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) delimited based on
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB691FB9DE61CFBB1" bold="true" box="[1213,1304,1125,1142]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops</emphasis>
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from the Atlantic Rainforest biome (purple), in South America. SP01:
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB69EFB60E630FB6E" bold="true" box="[1202,1332,1176,1193]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil; SP02:
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9CFFCAB78DFB49E7D6FB1B" authorityName="Centeno, Sawaya, &amp; Germano" authorityYear="2010" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caissara" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB78DFB49E7D6FB1B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops caissara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from lowland Atlantic Rainforest of coastal southeastern Brazil; SP03:
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB67AFB06E7ECFAC8" bold="true" box="[1110,1256,1278,1295]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops sousai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil, considered herein a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB68EFAC9E7DAFA85" bold="true" box="[1186,1246,1329,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; SP04:
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB705FAC9E6CBFA85" bold="true" box="[1321,1487,1329,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops ternetzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Cerrado of Brazil and Paraguay; SP05:
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB6A3FA9CE629FAB2" bold="true" box="[1167,1325,1380,1397]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops trefauti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Atlantic Rainforest of northeastern Brazil; SP06:
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB79CFA86E7E5FA6F" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">Liotyphlops wilderi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from montane Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil. Filled symbols represent type localities and dots represent examined specimens. Literature records are indicated with hollow symbols and follow
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9CFFCAB67AF9C8E611F986" author="Nogueira, C. C. &amp; Arzamendia, V. &amp; Azevedo, J. A. &amp; Barbo, F. E. &amp; Martins, M." box="[1110,1301,1584,1601]" pageId="9" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 274" refId="ref14847" refString="Nogueira, C. C., Argˆolo, A. J., Arzamendia, V., Azevedo, J. A., Barbo, F. E., B´ernils, R. S., Martins, M., 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. S. Am. J. Herpetol. 14, 1 - 274." type="journal article" year="2019">Nogueira et al. (2019)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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Furthermore,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB1FEF8ECE709F8E0" bold="true" box="[978,1037,1812,1831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. beui</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB728F8ECE66FF8E0" bold="true" box="[1284,1387,1812,1831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. schubarti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9CFFCAB743F8ECE066F884" author="Vanzolini, P." pageId="9" pageNumber="19" pagination="377 - 400" refId="ref16038" refString="Vanzolini, P., 1948. Notas sobre os ofidios e lagartos da cachoeira de Emas, no Municipio de Pirassununga, Estado de Stao Paulo: notes on ophidians and lizards in Emas, Pirassununga, Stao Paulo State, Brazil. Rev. Bras. Biol. 8, 377 - 400." type="journal article" year="1948">Vanzolini, 1948</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by having the nasal scale in contact with the second supralabial (nasal separated from second supralabial by an accessory scale in
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB11EF890E09DF8BD" bold="true" box="[818,921,1895,1915]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. schubarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It also differs from
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB676F890E7C3F8BD" bold="true" box="[1114,1223,1895,1915]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. albirostris</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9CFFCAB6F8F890E64DF8BD" author="Peters, W. C. H." box="[1236,1353,1895,1915]" pageId="9" pageNumber="19" refId="ref15251" refString="Peters, W. C. H., 1858. Vier neue amerikanische Schlangen aus der Familie der Typhlopinen und daruber einige vorlaufige ¨ Mittheilungen. Monatsber. k ¨ onigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1857, 402, 1857." type="journal volume" year="1858">Peters, 1858</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9CFFCAB751F890E6CBF8BD" bold="true" box="[1405,1487,1895,1915]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="19">L. wilderi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9CFFCAB116F87CE0BBF850" author="Garman, S." box="[826,959,1924,1943]" pageId="9" pageNumber="19" pagination="6" refId="ref13932" refString="Garman, S., 1883. On certain reptiles from Brazil and Florida. Sci. Observer 4 (5), 6." type="journal article" year="1883">Garman, 1883</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
by having a single scale contacting the posterior edge of nasal, between second supralabial and prefrontal (two scales contacting posterior edge of nasal, between second supralabial and prefrontal in
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B248F9D9E3D2F9F4" bold="true" box="[100,214,1568,1588]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. albirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B320F9D9E267F9F4" bold="true" box="[268,355,1568,1588]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. wilderi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It furthermore differs from
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B0A6F9D9E1E5F9F4" bold="true" box="[650,737,1568,1588]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. wilderi</emphasis>
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by having dorsal scales in vertebral row 395446 (dorsal scales in vertebral row
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). From other two species,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B041F9A1E1BFF9AB" bold="true" box="[621,699,1625,1644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. anops</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B2FDF98DE237F940" bold="true" box="[209,307,1652,1672]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. argaleus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9FFFC9B311F98CE12CF94F" author="Dixon, J. R. &amp; Kofron, C. P." box="[317,552,1652,1672]" pageId="10" pageNumber="20" pagination="241 - 264" refId="ref13425" refString="Dixon, J. R., Kofron, C. P., 1983. The central and SouthSouth American Anomalepid snakes of the genus Liotyphlops. Amphibia-Reptilia 4, 241 - 264." type="journal article" year="1983">Dixon and Kofron, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B01AF98DE171F940" bold="true" box="[566,629,1652,1672]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. beui</emphasis>
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can be distinguished by having dorsal scales in vertebral row 395446 and usually three postfrontal scales contacting prefrontal (four postfrontal scales contacting prefrontal, posterior dorsal scale rows
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and
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B248F91CE3C0F930" bold="true" box="[100,196,1764,1783]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. argaleus</emphasis>
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). Other congener which bears great resemblance to
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B09DF91CE1E9F930" bold="true" box="[689,749,1764,1783]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. beui</emphasis>
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is
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B248F8F8E3C1F8D4" bold="true" box="[100,197,1792,1811]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. caissara</emphasis>
Centeno, Sawaya, &amp; Germano, 2010
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, from which it can be separated by having a black venter and two scales in contact with the posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontal (white venter, one scale in contact with the posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontal in
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B008F888E18DF845" bold="true" box="[548,649,1903,1923]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. caissara</emphasis>
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). It can be distinguished from another congener which occurs in the northernmost range of the Atlantic Forest,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B352F850E2DDF87D" bold="true" box="[382,473,1959,1979]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. trefauti</emphasis>
Freire, Caramaschi, &amp; Argolo
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ˆ, 2007, by having dorsal scales in vertebral row 395446, a uniformly black dorsal and ventral coloration, and usually three postfrontal scales contacting prefrontal (four postfrontal scales contacting prefrontal, dorsal scales in vertebral row 520543, uniformly brown dorsal and ventral coloration, four postfrontal scales contacting prefrontal in
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B11EF969E08CF964" bold="true" box="[818,904,1680,1700]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. trefauti</emphasis>
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). Lastly, it differs from
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B672F969E7AAF964" bold="true" box="[1118,1198,1680,1700]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. taylori</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9FFFC9B69EF968E66EF964" author="Santos, F. J. M. &amp; Reis, R. E." box="[1202,1386,1680,1700]" pageId="10" pageNumber="20" pagination="507 - 514" refId="ref15631" refString="Santos, F. J. M., Reis, R. E., 2018. Two new blind snake species of the genus Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae), from central and SouthSouth Brazil. Copeia 106, 507 - 514." type="journal article" year="2018">Santos &amp; Reis, 2018</bibRefCitation>
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, by having three infralabials (two infralabials in
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B6BFF955E7E0F978" bold="true" box="[1171,1252,1708,1728]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">L. taylori</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B63EFF6DE758FF61" bold="true" box="[1042,1116,149,166]" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">Fig. 10.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A), lateral (B), and ventral (C) views of the skull of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B6FCFF57E650FF07" bold="true" box="[1232,1364,175,192]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">Liotyphlops beui</emphasis>
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(MCZ 17842, paratype) based on μCT imagery. Different skull elements are digitally colored and the mandible is removed for better visualization. Abbreviations: BO = basioccipital; ECP = ectopterygoid; F = frontal; MX = maxilla; NA = nasal; OT = oticooccipital complex; P = parietal; PAL = palatine; PBS = parabasisphenoid; PFR = prefrontal; PMX = premaxilla; PO = postorbital; PT = pterygoid; Q = quadrate; SMX = septomaxilla; V = vomer. Scale bar = 1 mm.
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<subSubSection id="C36F56CCFF9FFFC8B11EF91CE79FFC83" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="10" pageNumber="20" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9FFFC9B11EF91CE0EFF930" bold="true" box="[818,1003,1764,1783]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="20">3.3.5. Redescription</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Redescription is based on a topotypical specimen (IBSP 90395,
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), an adult female, from Instituto Butantan, S˜ao Paulo municipality, S˜ao Paulo state,
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. Snout-vent length
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, head length
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(2.13% of SVL), tail length
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(3.10% of SVL). Rostral large, longer than wider, contacting nasals anterolaterally, prefrontals laterally, and frontal posteriorly; prefrontals paired, triangular, contacting rostral anterolaterally, nasal ventrally, and frontal dorsoposteriorly; posterior edge of both prefrontals not contacting posterior edge of rostral; nasal plate divided, contacting rostral anteriorly, prefrontal dorsally, and supralabials 12 ventrally; eyespot inconspicuous, not clearly visible; supralabials 3/3; postfrontals five, three contacting prefrontal; infralabials 4/4; dorsal scale rows 24/20/ 20, smooth, cycloid; vertebral scales 394; midventral scales 353; subcaudal scales 14.
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B248FBC3E3AFFB8B" bold="true" box="[100,171,1083,1100]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Fig. 11.</emphasis>
Anterior (A) and posterior (B) views of the skull and lower jaw of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B248FBACE3E3FBA2" bold="true" box="[100,231,1108,1125]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Liotyphlops beui</emphasis>
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(MCZ 17842, paratype) based on μCT imagery. Different skull elements are digitally colored to improve visualization. Abbreviations: BO = basioccipital; CB = compound bone; CO = coronoid; D = dentary; F = frontal; MX = maxilla; NA = nasal; OT = oticooccipital complex; P = parietal; PBS = parabasisphenoid; PFR = prefrontal; PMX = premaxilla; PO = postorbital; PT = pterygoid; Q = quadrate; SMX =septomaxilla; SP =splenial. Scale bar =1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B248FA15E201F9C7" bold="true" box="[100,261,1517,1536]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">3.3.6. Coloration</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9EFFC8B2A8F9F2E12FF903" blockId="11.[100,770,1517,1732]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">In life, specimens have a uniformly dark brown or black dorsal coloration, with a pinkish or beige head coloration, that extends up to the first five dorsal scale rows. Ventral coloration uniformly dark brown, except for cloacal region, subcaudals, gular region, and infralabials that are white or pink. Body scales have a light brown outline on bottom and dark brown or black coloration on apex. In preservative, pink coloration becomes white, and black becomes light brown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B248F910E2BCF93C" bold="true" box="[100,440,1768,1787]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">3.3.7. External morphology variation</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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We detected sexual dimorphism, in which females of
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B0ABF8FDE1C0F8D0" bold="true" box="[647,708,1796,1816]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. beui</emphasis>
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attain higher total length (
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=2.7122,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B39DF8D9E2B9F8F3" bold="true" box="[433,445,1825,1844]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">P</emphasis>
&lt;
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0.05,
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=28), smaller tail length (
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= 6.2525,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B324F8C4E228F897" box="[264,300,1852,1872]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B324F8C4E210F888" bold="true" box="[264,276,1852,1871]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">P</emphasis>
&lt;
</emphasis>
0.0001,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B3AEF8C4E289F888" bold="true" box="[386,397,1852,1871]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), lower dorsal scales in vertebral row (
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= 3,
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= 4.2,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B358F8A0E284F8AC" bold="true" box="[372,384,1880,1899]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">P</emphasis>
&lt;
</emphasis>
0.00001,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B3D1F8A0E10CF8AC" bold="true" box="[509,520,1880,1899]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), lower mid-ventral scales (
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= 1,
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= 4.3,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B3A6F88CE292F840" bold="true" box="[394,406,1908,1927]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">P</emphasis>
&lt;
</emphasis>
0.00001,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B039F88CE124F840" bold="true" box="[533,544,1908,1927]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), and lower subcaudal scales (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B2C3F868E3FAF864" bold="true" box="[239,254,1936,1955]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">U</emphasis>
<subScript id="17F10702FF9EFFC8B2D2F86FE223F862" attach="left" box="[254,295,1943,1957]" fontSize="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">17,11</subScript>
= 0,
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= 4.3,
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B399F868E2C5F864" bold="true" box="[437,449,1936,1955]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">P</emphasis>
&lt;
</emphasis>
0.00001,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B017F868E142F864" bold="true" box="[571,582,1936,1955]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28). All sexually dimorphic characters were found to be correlated (
<figureCitation id="134E19C2FF9EFFC8B73FFF6CE64DFF60" box="[1299,1353,148,167]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="9.[100,130,971,988]" captionTargetBox="[275,1313,159,928]" captionTargetId="graphics-198@9.[306,1314,159,928]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Fig. 8. Boxplots, scatterplots, histograms, density plots, and pairwise comparison of sexually dimorphic characters of external morphology in males (M, purple) and females (F, orange) of Liotyphlops beui. Outliers are indicated as black circles. Pearson correlation (Corr) values: * = 0.05; ** = 0.01; *** = 0.001." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10375622" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10375622/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). Total length ranges from
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(245 ± 35,
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= 28), in males ranges from
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(232 ±30,
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= 17), in females ranges from
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(265 ±33,
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=11). Snout-vent length ranges from
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(249 ±32,
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=28), in males ranges from
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(241 ±31,
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= 17), in females ranges from
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(260 ± 30,
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= 11). Tail length ranges from
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(7.5 ±2.2,
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=28), in males ranges from
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(8.9 ±1.7,
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= 17), in females ranges from
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(5.3 ±0.7,
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=11). Head length ranges from
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(4.7 ±0.6,
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=28), in males ranges from
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(4.8 ±0.6,
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=17), in females ranges from
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(4.5 ± 0.6,
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= 11). First row of dorsal scales range from 22 to 24 (22 ±0.8,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B6FCFE3FE7DFFE1D" bold="true" box="[1232,1243,455,474]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
=28), and the last row of dorsal scales are 20 (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B629FE1BE714FE31" bold="true" box="[1029,1040,483,502]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28). Postfrontal scales in contact with the frontal scale are three (
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=28). Scales in contact with the nasal are two (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B116FDE2E041FDEA" bold="true" box="[826,837,538,557]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
=28). Supralabial scales are four (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B6A7FDE2E792FDEA" bold="true" box="[1163,1174,538,557]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
=28), infralabial scales are three (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B116FDCEE041FD8E" bold="true" box="[826,837,566,585]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28). Dorsal scales in vertebral row range from 395 to 446 (415 ± 16,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B17BFDAAE066FDA2" bold="true" box="[855,866,594,613]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), in males range from 395 to 420 (404 ± 6.2,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B748FDAAE66BFDA2" bold="true" box="[1380,1391,594,613]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 17), in females range from 410 to 446 (433 ± 10,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B6E1FD96E7DCFD46" bold="true" box="[1229,1240,622,641]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 11). Mid-ventral scales range from 375 to 434 (399 ±18,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B656FD72E781FD5A" bold="true" box="[1146,1157,650,669]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), in males range from 375 to 402 (386 ±6,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B195FD5EE0C0FD7E" bold="true" box="[953,964,678,697]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
=17), in females range from 395 to 434 (420 ±11,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B782FD5EE6BDFD7E" bold="true" box="[1454,1465,678,697]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 11). Subcaudal scales range from 10 to 20 (16 ± 3,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B70BFD3AE636FD12" bold="true" box="[1319,1330,706,725]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), in males range from 16 to 20 (18 ±1,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B613FD26E74EFD36" bold="true" box="[1087,1098,734,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
=17), in females range from 10 to 15 (12 ±1,
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B14DFD02E068FCCA" bold="true" box="[865,876,762,781]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 11). Head coloration in all specimens has white pigmentation (
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B116FCEEE041FCEE" bold="true" box="[826,837,790,809]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">n</emphasis>
= 28), ranging from fully (up to three dorsals) to mostly (up to one dorsal, or not reaching dorsals) white.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F56CCFF9EFFC8B11EFC91E6D4FA3A" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9EFFC8B11EFC91E747FCBB" blockId="11.[818,1488,873,1534]" box="[818,1091,873,892]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B11EFC91E747FCBB" bold="true" box="[818,1091,873,892]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">3.3.8. Geographic distribution</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9EFFC8B17DFC7DE7BEFB0C" blockId="11.[818,1488,873,1534]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B17DFC7DE096FC50" ID-CoL="3V8YD" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[849,914,900,920]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B17DFC7DE096FC50" bold="true" box="[849,914,900,920]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been recorded from
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,
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9EFFC8B72EFC7DE63FFC5F" box="[1282,1339,901,920]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9EFFC8B75BFC7DE6CBFC5F" box="[1399,1487,901,920]" name="Paraguay" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="134E19C2FF9EFFC8B116FC59E077FC73" box="[826,883,929,948]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="9.[1110,1140,1074,1091]" captionTargetBox="[101,1085,1074,1714]" captionTargetId="figure-2340@9.[100,1086,1073,1715]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Fig. 9. Geographic distribution of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) delimited based on Liotyphlops from the Atlantic Rainforest biome (purple), in South America. SP01: Liotyphlops beui from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil; SP02: Liotyphlops caissara from lowland Atlantic Rainforest of coastal southeastern Brazil; SP03: Liotyphlops sousai from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil, considered herein a synonym of L. beui; SP04: Liotyphlops ternetzii from the Cerrado of Brazil and Paraguay; SP05: Liotyphlops trefauti from the Atlantic Rainforest of northeastern Brazil; SP06: Liotyphlops wilderi from montane Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil. Filled symbols represent type localities and dots represent examined specimens. Literature records are indicated with hollow symbols and follow Dixon and Kofron (1983), Nogueira et al. (2019)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10375624" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10375624/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
), mostly from Atlantic Rainforest, although there have been extralimital records from the Cerrado, Pantanal, and Chiquitano Dry Forest, at low to moderate altitudes (up to
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above sea level) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9EFFC8B116FC0CE719FBCF" author="Dixon, J. R. &amp; Kofron, C. P." box="[826,1053,1012,1032]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" pagination="241 - 264" refId="ref13425" refString="Dixon, J. R., Kofron, C. P., 1983. The central and SouthSouth American Anomalepid snakes of the genus Liotyphlops. Amphibia-Reptilia 4, 241 - 264." type="journal article" year="1983">Dixon and Kofron, 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFE478B6FF9EFFC8B605FC0CE7F5FBCF" author="Nogueira, C. C. &amp; Arzamendia, V. &amp; Azevedo, J. A. &amp; Barbo, F. E. &amp; Martins, M." box="[1065,1265,1012,1032]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" pagination="1 - 274" refId="ref14847" refString="Nogueira, C. C., Argˆolo, A. J., Arzamendia, V., Azevedo, J. A., Barbo, F. E., B´ernils, R. S., Martins, M., 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. S. Am. J. Herpetol. 14, 1 - 274." type="journal article" year="2019">Nogueira et al., 2019</bibRefCitation>
). Records of
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L.
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B7ABFC0CE6A8FBC0" bold="true" box="[1415,1452,1012,1031]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are largely concentrated in southeastern and southern
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9EFFC8B724FBE8E645FBE4" box="[1288,1345,1040,1059]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, in the states of S˜ao Paulo, Paran´a, and
<collectingRegion id="49B1CBA5FF9EFFC8B631FBD4E7D2FBF8" box="[1053,1238,1068,1087]" country="Brazil" name="Rio Grande do Sul" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Rio Grande do Sul</collectingRegion>
. Isolated records from its northernmost range, in the Cerrado of
<collectingRegion id="49B1CBA5FF9EFFC8B68DFBB1E613FB9C" box="[1185,1303,1096,1116]" country="Brazil" name="Mato Grosso" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Mato Grosso</collectingRegion>
and Goi´as states in
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9EFFC8B11EFB9CE06FFBB0" box="[818,875,1124,1143]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, should be carefully reviewed regarding their identity and provenance, as these are separated from its core distribution in southeastern
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9EFFC8B11EFB64E06DFB68" box="[818,873,1180,1199]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Brazil</collectingCountry>
by at least
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. This species has an estimated Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9EFFC8B17DFB2CE6D4FA3A" blockId="11.[818,1488,873,1534]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">
In its core geographic distribution,
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B6E5FB2CE609FB21" ID-CoL="3V8YD" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[1225,1293,1235,1255]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B6E5FB2CE609FB21" bold="true" box="[1225,1293,1235,1255]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sympatric with
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B11EFB08E090FAC5" ID-CoL="3V8YR" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[818,916,1263,1283]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ternetzii" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B11EFB08E090FAC5" bold="true" box="[818,916,1263,1283]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. ternetzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in northwestern
<collectingRegion id="49B1CBA5FF9EFFC8B66DFB17E7FEFAC5" box="[1089,1274,1263,1282]" country="Brazil" name="Rio Grande do Sul" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Rio Grande do Sul</collectingRegion>
, western
<collectingRegion id="49B1CBA5FF9EFFC8B777FB08E699FAC4" box="[1371,1437,1264,1283]" country="Brazil" name="Parana" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Parana</collectingRegion>
´, and western S˜ao Paulo. The latter species appears to be largely associated with the Cerrado and Chaco Dry Diagonal open areas, widely distributed from Para´, in northern
<collectingCountry id="F36245D7FF9EFFC8B631FABBE752FA91" box="[1053,1110,1347,1366]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, southwards into
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. Other two congeners which
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B1F4FAA7E711FAB5" ID-CoL="3V8YD" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[984,1045,1375,1394]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B1F4FAA7E711FAB5" bold="true" box="[984,1045,1375,1394]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
might be sympatric with in the Atlantic Rainforest are
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B1BEFA83E0F6FA49" ID-CoL="72GTW" authorityName="Centeno, Sawaya, &amp; Germano" authorityYear="2010" box="[914,1010,1403,1422]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caissara" subOrder="Serpentes">
L.
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B186FA83E0F6FA49" bold="true" box="[938,1010,1403,1422]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">caissara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which occurs in the coastal lowlands and marine islands of S˜ao Paulo, and
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<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B637FA6FE769FA6D" bold="true" box="[1051,1133,1431,1450]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. wilderi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which occurs in coastal lowlands and montane forests of
<collectingRegion id="49B1CBA5FF9EFFC8B1C9FA4BE769FA01" box="[997,1133,1459,1478]" country="Brazil" name="Rio de Janeiro" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Rio de Janeiro</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="49B1CBA5FF9EFFC8B6B0FA4BE61CFA01" box="[1180,1304,1459,1478]" country="Brazil" name="Minas Gerais" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">Minas Gerais</collectingRegion>
. Another congener,
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B11EFA37E089FA26" ID-CoL="3V8YS" box="[818,909,1486,1506]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trefauti" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B11EFA37E089FA26" bold="true" box="[818,909,1486,1506]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. trefauti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is recorded from the northernmost portion of the Atlantic Rainforest, in northeastern
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, where
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B69BFA13E7F7FA3A" ID-CoL="3V8YD" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[1207,1267,1514,1534]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B69BFA13E7F7FA3A" bold="true" box="[1207,1267,1514,1534]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. beui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has not been recorded.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F56CCFF9EFFCFB11EF9DAE3E5F89D" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9EFFC8B11EF9DAE757F9F2" blockId="11.[818,1488,1570,1980]" box="[818,1107,1570,1589]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B11EF9DAE757F9F2" bold="true" box="[818,1107,1570,1589]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">3.3.9. Osteological comparisons</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA0547FF9EFFCFB17DF9C6E3E5F89D" blockId="11.[818,1488,1570,1980]" lastBlockId="12.[100,770,1333,1883]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">
Osteological description is based upon adult
<typeStatus id="54CEBBE5FF9EFFC8B722F9C7E66DF995" box="[1294,1385,1599,1618]" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C757EC4FF9EFFC8B7BCF9C7E6D4F996" baseAuthorityName="Amaral" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[1424,1488,1598,1618]" class="Reptilia" family="Anomalepididae" genus="Liotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beui" subOrder="Serpentes">
<emphasis id="B901D955FF9EFFC8B7BCF9C7E6D4F996" bold="true" box="[1424,1488,1598,1618]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="21">L. beui</emphasis>
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(BMNH 1946.1.11.12, MCZ-R 17842, 16702,
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). Comparisons are made to the osteological description of
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(
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; characters in parenthesis). In
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L.
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, the lateral flange of the nasal forms a more pronounced and longer projection that overlaps the laterally descending frontal flange (lateral flange of the nasals forms a less pronounced, smaller projection, slightly overlapping the laterally descending frontal flange in
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); the foramina on the external surface of the nasal tend to be concentrated along the midline of the dorsal surface, with its anterior surface of nasal without foramina, rugose thickened (foramina on the external surface of the nasal are concentrated on both sides of the midline on its anterior and dorsal surfaces in
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); the anterior end of nasal is pointed (straight in
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); the anterior end of the vomer remains separate from the premaxilla, with vomers unfused along their entire length (fused on posterior part in
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); the paired frontals meet the paired parietals in a broad V-shaped suture (U-shaped suture in
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); the postorbital element contacts the lateral surface of the prefrontal slightly anterior to the prefrontal-frontal articulation (separated from the prefrontal in
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); no foramina in the dentigerous process of maxilla (foramina present in dentigerous process of maxilla in
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); the posterolateral process of palatine contacts anterior region of pterygoid (separated from pterygoid in
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); an ossified supratemporal and supraoccipital are both absent (present in
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); trigeminal foramen larger, formed by the parabasisphenoid, parietal and prootic (trigeminal foramen smaller in
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, formed by parietal and prootic); ventral surface of basioccipital indented at both sides of the anterolateral region (smooth in
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); ventral margin of coronoid not in contact with splenial (identified as “angular” by
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, contacting splenial in
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); splenial visible in lateral and medial views, posterior surface not obscured in medial view by the compound bone and coronoid (posterior surface obscured by compound bone and coronoid in
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).
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