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mean based on
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Reproduction.
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFE0FFC7FEED84B5437CB227" author="Wallach" box="[376,574,1272,1298]" firstAuthor="Wallach" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" refId="ref63474" refString="Wallach, V. (1998 b) The visceral anatomy of blindsnakes and wormsnakes and its systematic implications (Serpentes: Anomalepididae, Typhlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae). Ph. D. Dissertation, Northeastern University, Boston, xxvi + 611 pp." type="book" year="1998" yearSuffix="b">Wallach (1998b)</bibRefCitation>
estimated the clutch size as 46. TM 12772 (SVL
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, MBD
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) with 3/1vitellogenic ova (7 x
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/6 x
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) and 6/9 follicles on
<date id="5B6F1014FFE0FFC7FB93856D458FB20F" box="[1030,1229,1312,1338]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1927-10-31">31 October 1927</date>
; TM 12720 (SVL
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, MBD
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) with 2/4 ova (6 x 1.55 x
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/6 x 1.85.5 x
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) and 7/3 follicles on
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; TM 5059 (SVL
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, MBD
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) with 2/
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(12 x 2.5, 9 x
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/9 x
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) and 0/1 ova (3 x
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) on
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.
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,
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,
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE0FFC4FF02862D4309B787" blockId="61.[151,1436,1632,2018]" lastBlockId="62.[151,1437,152,658]" lastPageId="62" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 13.1%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.17, heart 4.8% (MP = 18.1%), snout-heart interval 20.5%, heart-liver gap 8.9%, liver lobes multipartite, right liver 35.0% (MP = 46.9%) with 30.3 (24 41) segments, left liver 26.7% (MP = 45.9%) with 24.3 (1932) segments, anterior liver extension 0.09, posterior liver tail 0.15, left liver = 0.76 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 1.7%, gall bladder 1.3% (MP = 66.7%), wedged between subequal pancreas (1.4%) and more craniad juxtasplenic body (2.3%), testes multipartite, right testis 4.9% (MP = 80.2%) with 5.0 (37) segments, left testis 5.4% (MP = 82.9%) with 5.5 (38) segments, right ovary 4.2% (MP = 77.4%) with 2.3 (13) ova and 4.5 (35) follicles, left ovary 3.6% (MP = 80.8%) with 2.0 (00) ova and 3.3 (24) follicles, right adrenal MP = 83.1%, left adrenal MP = 84.6%, kidneys smooth, right kidney 3.2% (MP = 86.4%), left kidney 3.2% (MP = 89.2%), kidney-vent interval 15.2%, kidney-vent gap 9.2%, kidney overlap 0.12, rectal caecum 1.7%, 24 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 9.1%.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF53808D44CFB64F" blockId="62.[151,1437,152,658]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 19.2% (MP = 10.9%), estimated number of tracheal rings 165.9 (144214) or 85.3 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 17.9%, cardiac lung 2.6%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 21.9% (MP = 31.5%), cranial half with single layer of round faveoli, caudal half reticulate with network of trabeculae, posterior tip 42.4%, bronchus 7.9%, posterior tip of bronchus 28.4%, bronchus = 0.36 right lung, trachea-bronchus 27.1% (MP = 14.8%), total lung 24.5% (MP = 30.2%).</paragraph>
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Reproduction.
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estimated the clutch size as 25.
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mean based on
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52634,
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Tracheal lung and left lung complex absent, trachea 17.9% (
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Reproduction. MCZ 54653 (SVL
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, MBD =
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, MBD =
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, MBD =
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/3.5 x 1.25, 3.0 x
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(
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Reproduction.
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estimated the clutch size as 4. The
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Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 17.5% (MP = 9.9%), estimated number of tracheal rings 181.8 (143208) or 102.7 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 17.0%, cardiac lung 1.7%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 24.1% (MP =30.7%), cranial third to quarter with 2 layers of deep diamond-shaped faveoli, mesial quarter with a single layer of ediculae, caudal half reticulate with network of trabeculae, posterior tip 42.8%, bronchus 9.4%, with
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G foramina between bronchial cartilages, posterior tip of bronchus 28.1%, bronchus = 0.43 right lung, trachea-bronchus 26.9% (MP = 14.6%), total lung 25.7% (MP = 29.9%).
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Reproduction Three large eggs present in a
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female (BMNH 1934.4.6.3) (
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estimated the clutch size as 28. Vitellogenesias occurs in the spring (Sept.Nov.) and oviposition in the summer (Dec.Feb.) with relatively large neonates of
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(n = 6) with adult mean length of
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(r = 1325 x 2.34.0 mm) in a sample of
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(
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). NMZB-UM 28264 (SVL
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) with vitellogenic ova (1/3) in
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, TM 25576 (SVL
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) with ova (0/2) on
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) with ova (3/5) in
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. TM 44732 (SVL
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) with ova (1/2) on
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. TM 5068 (SVL
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) with 3 oviducal eggs in
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.
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9DFFBAFF02835F4312B419" bold="true" box="[151,592,786,812]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus</emphasis>
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mean based on
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55831,
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Reproduction.
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estimated the clutch size as 410. Mean clutch size 2.6 (r = 23) and mean egg size 14 x
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(r = 918 x
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) in sample of
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, MBD
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Reproduction.
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, MBD
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, MBD
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, MBD
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/4.5 x
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, MBD
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFE0D83DD40B1B49F" box="[408,499,912,938]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.8">2.8 mm</quantity>
) with 1/3 ova (1.5 x
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFD7283DD426EB49F" box="[743,812,912,938]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
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(SVL
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFF7783F54004B4E7" box="[226,326,952,978]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.14" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="114.0">114 mm</quantity>
, MBD
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFE3483F540BDB4E7" box="[417,511,952,978]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.7">2.7 mm</quantity>
) with 1/0 ovum (3 x
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFC9183F5420EB4E7" box="[772,844,952,978]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
) and 3/4 follicles on
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<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFBDA83F54478B4E7" box="[1103,1338,952,978]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1994-11-29">29 November 1994</collectingDate>
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(SVL
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/10 x
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Sternohyoideus posterior tip 14.0%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.13, heart 4.7% (MP = 18.3%), snout-heart interval 20.7%, heart-liver gap 6.6%, liver lobes multipartite, right liver 36.9% (MP = 45.6%) with 34.7 (29 39) segments, left liver 30.6% (MP = 44.5%) with 27.0 (2628) segments, anterior liver extension 0.05, posterior liver tail 0.12, left liver = 0.83 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 2.7%, gall bladder 2.0% (MP = 67.8%), smaller than more craniad juxtasplenic body (2.6%), testes multipartite, right testis 5.3% (MP = 78.1%) with 11.5 (1013) segments, left testis 4.9% (MP = 81.0%) with 9.5 (811) segments, right ovary 3.8% (MP = 79.4%) with 2 large eggs (8.09.0 x
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Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 19.7% (MP = 10.8%) with an estimated 150.2 (140170) tracheal rings or 80.1 rings/10% SVL, anterior tip of lung 17.6%, cardiac lung 3.1%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 22.1% (MP = 31.7%) with two layers of faveoli anteriorly and tiny
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Reproduction. LIVM 1962.106.60 (SVL
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/2 x 11.5 x
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Reproduction.
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estimated the clutch size as 4. TM 54602 (SVL
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, MBD
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/2.5 x
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) and 9/1 follicles on
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; TM 29975 (SVL
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) with 2/2 ova (3.5 x 1.25, 2 x
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/4 x 1.25, 2 x
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) and 0/1 follicles (date unknown).
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Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 17.5% (MP = 9.8%), estimated number of tracheal rings 171 (171171) or 93.4 rings/10% SVL, minute foramina (
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G fide
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) present between tips of tracheal cartilages, anterior lung tip 16.7%, cardiac lung 1.8%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 22.3% (MP = 29.6%), cranial 1/3 with 2 layers of diamond-shaped faveoli, medial 1/3 with single layer of ediculae, caudal 1/3 reticulate with network of trabeculae, posterior tip 40.8%, bronchus 9.6%, posterior tip of bronchus 28.1%, bronchus = 0.43 right lung, trachea-bronchus 27.1% (MP = 14.6%), total lung 24.1% (MP = 28.8%).
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Reproduction. The
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