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species group
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFE0FFC7FF0281B240E4B52C" bold="true" box="[151,422,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Leptotyphlops distanti</emphasis>
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mean based on
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE0FFC7FF028235420CB4CF" blockId="61.[151,1437,632,1458]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 10.7%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.21, heart elongate, 4.5% (MP = 15.9%), snout-heart interval 18.2%, heart-liver gap 8.8%, liver nearly straight with squarish multipartite lobes and a wavy vena cava, right liver 38.7% (MP = 46.3%) with 43.0 (34–55) segments, left liver 32.4% (MP = 45.9%) with 36.3 (27–43) segments, anterior liver extension 0.07, posterior liver tail 0.10, left liver = 0.83 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 0.9%, gall bladder 1.6% (MP = 67.3%), adjacent to pancreas (1.5%) and caudad of juxtasplenic body (1.8%) and smaller spleen, right ovary 6.3% (MP = 80.2%) with 2.3 (1–4) ova and 7.3 (3–13) follicles, left ovary 6.0% (MP = 84.4%) with 2.3 (2–3) ova and 8.0 (2–17) follicles, right adrenal MP = 69.7%, left adrenal MP = 71.2%, kidneys smooth, right kidney 3.4% (MP = 87.1%), left kidney 3.5% (MP = 90.0%), kidney-vent interval 14.7%, kidney-vent gap 8.2%, kidney overlap 0.09, rectal caecum 1.9%, twice the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 9.5%.</paragraph>
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Reproduction.
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<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>
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estimated the clutch size as 4–6. TM 12772 (SVL
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, MBD
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) and 6/9 follicles on
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<date id="5B6F1014FFE0FFC7FB93856D458FB20F" box="[1030,1229,1312,1338]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1927-10-31">31 October 1927</date>
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; TM 12720 (SVL
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, MBD
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) with 2/4 ova (6 x 1.5–5 x
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/6 x 1.8–5.5 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE0FFC7FC7F8505456DB257" box="[1002,1071,1352,1378]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
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) and 7/3 follicles on
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<date id="5B6F1014FFE0FFC7FAB385054043B2BF" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1915-11-04">4 November 1915</date>
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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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mean based on
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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 (19–32) 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 (3–7) segments, left testis 5.4% (MP = 82.9%) with 5.5 (3–8) segments, right ovary 4.2% (MP = 77.4%) with 2.3 (1–3) ova and 4.5 (3–5) follicles, left ovary 3.6% (MP = 80.8%) with 2.0 (0–0) ova and 3.3 (2–4) 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%, 2–4 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 9.1%.</paragraph>
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||
<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 (144–214) 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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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF5381C5432CB5A7" blockId="62.[151,1437,152,658]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
|
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Reproduction.
|
||
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|
||
estimated the clutch size as 2–5.
|
||
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||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE3FFC4FC2881C542BBB697" box="[957,1017,392,418]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/xqn4-34sv" name="Port Elizabeth Museum" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">PEM</collectionCode>
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||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE3FFC4FB9581C54556B697" box="[1024,1044,392,418]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">R</collectionCode>
|
||
12015 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FB3981C5444DB697" box="[1196,1295,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.23" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="123.0">123 mm</quantity>
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||
) laid
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFE3FFC4FAC481C544DEB697" box="[1361,1436,392,418]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="egg">3 eggs</specimenCount>
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||
(mean
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FF7281FD4013B6FF" box="[231,337,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.08" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="10.8">10.8 mm</quantity>
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||
, r =
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FE1381FD4363B6FF" box="[390,545,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" metricValueMax="1.18" metricValueMin="0.9199999999999999" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="10.5" valueMax="11.8" valueMin="9.2">9.2–11.8 mm</quantity>
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||
) on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFE3FFC4FDC081FD4261B6FF" box="[597,803,432,458]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" value="1995-12-05">
|
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<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFE3FFC4FDC081FD4261B6FF" box="[597,803,432,458]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" value="1995-12-05">5 December 1995</collectingDate>
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||
</date>
|
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(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFE3FFC4FCA681FD4533B6FF" author="Branch and Haagner" box="[819,1137,432,458]" firstAuthor="Branch" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" pagination="40" refId="ref57606" refString="Branch, W. R. & Haagner, G. V. (1996) Life history notes: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops conjunctus incognitus, reproduction. African Herp News (Bloemfontein), (25), 40." type="journal article" year="1996">Branch and Haagner, 1996</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE3FFC4FB1181FD4197B52F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581404" collectingDate="1963-11-02" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" specimenCode="NMZB-UM 7563" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FB1181FD4411B6FF" box="[1156,1363,432,458]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">NMZB-UM 7563</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FF02819541BEB6C7" box="[151,252,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.35" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="135.0">135 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FEC7819540ECB6C7" box="[338,430,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="2.5">2.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 2/3 vitellogenic ova (2.0 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FCAC8195423DB6C7" box="[825,895,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
/3 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FC268195454CB6C7" box="[947,1038,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
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||
) and 4/5 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFE3FFC4FA9F81954197B52F" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" value="1963-11-02">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFE3FFC4FA9F81954197B52F" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" value="1963-11-02">2 November 1963</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE3FFC4FF74824D436BB577" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581380" collectingDate="1963-12-03" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" specimenCode="NMZB-UM 7603" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FF74824D40F3B52F" box="[225,433,512,538]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">NMZB-UM 7603</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FD96824D4325B52F" box="[515,615,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.26" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="126.0">126 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FD2A824D4258B52F" box="[703,794,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="2.3">2.3 mm</quantity>
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||
) with 1/1 oviducal eggs (15 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FB10824D4581B52F" box="[1157,1219,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="2.0">2mm</quantity>
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||
/15 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FA93824D4423B52F" box="[1286,1377,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="2.5">2.5 mm</quantity>
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||
) and 6/4 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFE3FFC4FEC78265436BB577" box="[338,553,552,578]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" value="1963-12-03">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFE3FFC4FEC78265436BB577" box="[338,553,552,578]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" value="1963-12-03">3 December 1963</collectingDate>
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</date>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE3FFC4FDA0826544DAB577" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581461" box="[565,1432,552,578]" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" specimenCode="NMZB 11399" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FDA082654399B577" box="[565,731,552,578]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">NMZB 11399</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FCBB826542D0B577" box="[814,914,552,578]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="105.0">105 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 1/1 vitellogenic ova and 3/5 follicles
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE3FFC4FF02821D42D9B55F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581310" box="[151,923,592,618]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" specimenCode="NMZB-UM 20698" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FF02821D4037B55F" box="[151,373,592,618]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">NMZB-UM 20698</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FE53821D436BB55F" box="[454,553,592,618]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.27" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="127.0">127 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 3/0 ova and 2/3 foolicles
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE3FFC4FC32821D4328B5A7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581312" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" specimenCode="NMZB-UM 23924" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FC32821D45C4B55F" box="[935,1158,592,618]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">NMZB-UM 23924</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE3FFC4FB42821D447BB55F" box="[1239,1337,592,618]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.38" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" unit="mm" value="138.0">138 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 2/ 0 ova and 0/0 follicles (dales unknown)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF02828A42BBB5D7" blockId="62.[151,1017,711,738]" box="[151,1017,711,738]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFE3FFC4FF02828A40F9B5D4" baseAuthorityName="Sternfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[151,443,711,737]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFE3FFC4FF02828A40F9B5D4" bold="true" box="[151,443,711,737]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Leptotyphlops latirostris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE3FFC4FE5F828542BBB5D7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581306" accessionNumber="MCZ 53261" box="[458,1017,712,738]" collectionCode="MCZ" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" specimenCode="57459" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
|
||
mean based on
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFE3FFC4FD17828543BEB5D7" box="[642,764,712,738]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="male">two males</specimenCount>
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||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE3FFC4FC9D8285420AB5D7" box="[776,840,712,738]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
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||
53261,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FC33828542B3B5D7" box="[934,1009,712,738]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">57459</specimenCode>
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)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF0283554473B347" blockId="62.[151,1436,792,1378]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 15.2%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.11, heart 5.0% (MP = 19.6%), snout-heart interval 22.1%, heart-liver gap 9.4%, liver lobes multipartite, right liver 33.0% (MP = 48.0%) with 28.0 (25– 32) segments, left liver 28.6% (MP = 48.1%) with 23.7 (22–25) segments, anterior extension of right liver lobe 0.07, posterior tail of right liver lobe 0.06, left liver = 0.87 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 3.9%, gall bladder 1.6% (MP = 69.2%), caudal to pancreas (1.5%), juxtasplenic body (2.4%) and spleen (1.0%), testes multipartite, right testis 5.1% (MP = 78.2%) with 9.7 (7–11) segments, left testis 4.8% (MP = 82.2%) with 9.3 (6–12) segments, right adrenal MP = 82.5%, left adrenal MP = 84.5%, right kidney 3.7% (MP = 85.6%), left kidney 3.9% (MP = 87.8%), kidney overlap 0.29, kidney-vent interval 16.3%, kidney-vent gap 10.2%, rectal caecum 1.2%, 2–4 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, rectal caecum-vent interval 10.2%.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF5384CD4353B257" blockId="62.[151,1436,792,1378]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 20.5% (MP = 11.9%), estimated number of tracheal rings 150.5 or 72.1 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 20.3%, cardiac lung 1.8%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 20.4% (MP = 32.3%), cranial portion with one layer of circular faveoli, caudal portion reticulate with network of trabeculae lining saccular membrane, posterior lung tip 42.5%, right bronchus 10.1%, bronchus posterior tip 32.2%, bronchus = 0.50 right lung, trachea-bronchus 30.5% (MP = 16.9%), total lung 22.2% (MP = 31.4%).</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF0285DA40ADB2EF" blockId="62.[151,1436,1431,1498]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFE3FFC4FF0285DA40B5B284" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[151,503,1431,1457]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigroterminus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFE3FFC4FF0285DA40B5B284" bold="true" box="[151,503,1431,1457]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Leptotyphlops nigroterminus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
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||
mean based on male
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFE3FFC4FC9985D54237B287" box="[780,885,1432,1458]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE3FFC4FC1185D54281B287" box="[900,963,1432,1458]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
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||
54813, and
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFE3FFC4FBC885D545B2B287" box="[1117,1264,1432,1458]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="female">three female</specimenCount>
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||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFE3FFC4FB6E85D54421B287" box="[1275,1379,1432,1458]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE3FFC4FAE785D544DEB287" box="[1394,1436,1432,1458]" country="USA" name="Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="University or college">KU</collectionCode>
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||
172930,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE3FFC4FF68858D407EB2EF" box="[253,316,1472,1498]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
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||
52634,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE3FFC4FE09858D40A5B2EF" box="[412,487,1472,1498]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="Museum">54653</specimenCode>
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)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE3FFC4FF02865D426BB0D7" blockId="62.[151,1436,1552,2018]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Sternohyoideus posterior tip 12.2%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.15, heart 4.7% (MP = 16.6%), snout-heart interval 19.0%, heart-liver gap 8.4%, liver lobes multipartite, right liver 38.0% (MP = 46.3%) with 41.3 (35– 49) segments, left liver 29.9% (MP = 46.1%) with 30.8 (21–38) segments, postcava with zig-zag configuration, anterior liver extension 0.10, posterior liver tail 0.12, left liver = 0.90 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 0.9, gall bladder 1.4% (MP = 66.9%) wedged between caudal pancreas and large juxtasplenic body (2.0%), small spleen (0.6%) adjacent to anterior tip of juxtasplenic body, testes multipartite, right testis 6.0% (MP = 82.9%) with 11 segments, left testis 4.0% (MP = 87.2%) with 10 segments, right ovary 4.8% (MP = 77.8%) with 1.5 (1–2) vitellogenic ova and 7.0 (3–12) follicles, left ovary 4.2% (MP = 80.7%) with 1.7 (1–2) ova and 6.7 (4–10) follicles, clutch size = 2–3, right adrenal MP = 82.1%, left adrenal MP = 84.1%, kidneys creased with two renal arteries, right kidney 3.3% (MP = 85.3%), left kidney 3.5% (MP = 87.6%), kidney overlap 0.19, kidney-vent interval 16.5%, kidney-vent gap 10.6%, rectal caecum large 2.3%, 3–4 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 10.3%.</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="67CB655FFFE2FFB8FF5380D5419BB0D7" lastPageId="66" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFC5FF5380D54471B64F" blockId="63.[151,1436,152,538]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE2FFC5FF5380D54070B667" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581360" accessionNumber="MCZ 52634" collectionCode="MP, MCZ" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" specimenCount="1">
|
||
Tracheal lung and left lung complex absent, trachea 17.9% (
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE2FFC5FC0480D542FFB787" box="[913,957,152,178]" country="0" name="Mohonk Preserve, Inc." pageId="63" pageNumber="64">MP</collectionCode>
|
||
= 10.1%), estimated number of tracheal rings 175.7 (160–192) or 96.3 rings/10% SVL, anterior tip of lung 16.8%, cardiac lung 2.2%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung broad, 28.3% (
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFE2FFC5FDAC80A54327B637" box="[569,613,232,258]" country="0" name="Mohonk Preserve, Inc." pageId="63" pageNumber="64">MP</collectionCode>
|
||
= 33.1%) with two layers of faveoli anteriorly and minute foramina (
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFE2FFC5FF0A815D4191B61F" box="[159,211,272,298]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">type</typeStatus>
|
||
G) located between distal tips of bronchial cartilages, posterior lung narrowly constricted (0.08 MBD in
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52634)
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and reticulate, posterior tip of right lung 47.3%, bronchus 9.4%, bronchus posterior tip 28.3%, bronchus = 0.35 right lung, trachea-bronchus 27.3% (MP = 14.7%), total lung 30.5% (MP = 32.0%).
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</paragraph>
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Reproduction. MCZ 54653 (SVL
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FDC081C543F8B697" box="[597,698,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.71" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="171.0">171 mm</quantity>
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, MBD =
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FCBD81C5422FB697" box="[808,877,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
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) with 2/1 ova (4 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FBDB81C545D1B697" box="[1102,1171,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
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) and 10/12 follicles in February 195; KU 172930 (SVL
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FDB581FD43C7B6FF" box="[544,645,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.44" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="144.0">144 mm</quantity>
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, MBD =
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FD6081FD4278B6FF" box="[757,826,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
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) with 2/0 ova (4 x 1.5, 3.5 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FB0381FD45B3B6FF" box="[1174,1265,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
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) and 4/6 follicles on
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<date id="5B6F1014FFE2FFC5FF67819540F1B6C7" box="[242,435,472,498]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" value="1976-08-18">18 August 1976</date>
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; MCZ 52634 (SVL
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FD368195424AB6C7" box="[675,776,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.83" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="183.0">183 mm</quantity>
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, MBD =
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FCEC81954297B6C7" box="[889,981,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="2.5">2.5 mm</quantity>
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) with 1/2 ova (2.5 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FB4481954455B6C7" box="[1233,1303,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
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/3.5 x 1.25, 3.0 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FF4C824D405CB52F" box="[217,286,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
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) and 6/3 follicles on
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<date id="5B6F1014FFE2FFC5FD83824D4397B52F" box="[534,725,512,538]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" value="1951-08-24">24 August 1951</date>
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. This suggest a biannual reproductive cycle.
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFE2FFC5FF0282024097B55C" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" authorityYear="1997" box="[151,469,591,617]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pungwensis">
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFE2FFC5FF0282024097B55C" bold="true" box="[151,469,591,617]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Leptotyphlops pungwensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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based on female
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<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFE2FFC5FD39821D4257B55F" box="[684,789,592,618]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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,
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<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FCB4821D42B0B55F" box="[801,1010,592,618]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">NMZB-UM 7251</specimenCode>
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFC5FF0282ED43D0B4CF" blockId="63.[151,1437,672,1338]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 16.0%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.10, heart 5.3% (MP = 20.4%), snout-heart interval 23.1%, heart-liver gap 10.1%, liver lobes multipartite with rectangular segment, right liver 36.7% (MP = 51.4%) with 34 segments, left liver 29.6% (MP = 50.9%) with 22 segments, postcava straight along cranial liver and wavy along caudal liver, anterior liver extension 0.08, posterior liver tail 0.11, left liver = 0.81 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 4.7%, gall bladder 1.8% (MP = 75.4%), ovaries undeveloped, right ovary 2.4% (MP = 81.7%) with no ova and 3 follicles, left ovary 1.8% (MP = 84.3%) with no ova and 1 follicle, kidneys smooth, right kidney 3.0% (MP = 86.1%), left kidney 3.0% (MP = 88.8%), kidney-vent interval 15.4%, kidney-vent gap 9.8%, kidney overlap 0.05, rectal caecum 1.8%, 1.5 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 9.5%.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFC5FF538445438AB3DF" blockId="63.[151,1437,672,1338]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 21.3% (MP = 12.4%), estimated number of tracheal rings 144 or 67.6 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 19.5%, cardiac lung 3.6%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 31.4% (MP = 38.8%), cranial 1/5 with single layer of faveoli, followed by 1/5 with single layer of ediculae, 1/5 reticulate with network of trabeculae, and caudal 2/5 saccular, posterior tip 54.4%, bronchus 10.7%, posterior tip of bronchus 33.7%, bronchus = 0.34 right lung, trachea-bronchus 32.0% (MP = 17.8%), total lung 34.9% (MP = 37.0%).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFC5FF5384B54570B20F" blockId="63.[151,1437,672,1338]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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Reproduction.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFE2FFC5FEE184B54374B227" author="Wallach" box="[372,566,1272,1298]" firstAuthor="Wallach" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" 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>
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estimated the clutch size as 4. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFE2FFC5FC4684B5457BB227" box="[979,1081,1272,1298]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FB1D84B5459FB227" box="[1160,1245,1272,1298]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="85.0">85 mm</quantity>
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, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFE2FFC5FAA784B544CDB227" box="[1330,1423,1272,1298]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="1.2">1.2 mm</quantity>
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), presumably a juvenile, lacking ova but with 1/3 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFE2FFC5FCC3856D456FB20F" box="[854,1069,1312,1338]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" value="1963-11-08">8 November 1963</date>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFC5FF0285224241B287" blockId="63.[151,1436,1391,1458]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFE2FFC5FF0285224306B2BC" authority="scutifrons" box="[151,580,1391,1417]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="scutifrons" subSpecies="scutifrons">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFE2FFC5FF0285224306B2BC" bold="true" box="[151,580,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFE2FFC5FDC3853D4241B287" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581409" collectionCode="TM, FMNH" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" specimenCode="TM 24629, FMNH 80015, NMZB-UM 28264, 31233, TM 5068, 25576, 44732" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
|
||
mean based on
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFE2FFC5FC81853D42C6B2BF" box="[788,900,1392,1418]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
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||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FC07853D4551B2BF" box="[914,1043,1392,1418]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">TM 24629</specimenCode>
|
||
, and
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFE2FFC5FBC0853D459DB2BF" box="[1109,1247,1392,1418]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="female">six females</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FB78853D44D5B2BF" box="[1261,1431,1392,1418]" collectionCode="FMNH" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="Museum">FMNH 80015</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FF0285D5403AB287" box="[151,376,1432,1458]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">NMZB-UM 28264</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FE1185D54092B287" box="[388,464,1432,1458]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">31233</specimenCode>
|
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,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FE4E85D5430EB287" box="[475,588,1432,1458]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">TM 5068</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FDCD85D543E6B287" box="[600,676,1432,1458]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">25576</specimenCode>
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,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFE2FFC5FD2585D543B9B287" box="[688,763,1432,1458]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">44732</specimenCode>
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)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFC5FF0285A54034B08F" blockId="63.[151,1436,1512,2018]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 12.0%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.18, heart 4.1% (MP = 16.6%), snout-heart interval 18.7%, heart-liver gap 10.4%, liver lobes multipartite, right liver 37.9% (MP = 48.0%) with 38.3 (29– 52) segments, left liver 31.6% (MP = 47.1%) with 31.0 (22–45) segments, postcava straight cranially and zigzag caudally, anterior liver extension 0.06, posterior liver tail 0.11, left liver = 0.83 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 1.2%, gall bladder 1.2% (MP = 68.7%), wedged between caudal pancreas (1.5%) and craniad juxtasplenic body (1.6%), with spleen (1.7%) along anterior end of juxtasplenic body, testes multipartite, right testis 7.2% (MP = 74.6%) with 13 segments, left testis 4.6% (MP = 77.9%) with 11 segments, right ovary 5.0% (MP = 81.4%) with 2.8 (2–4) ova and 4.8 (0–12) follicles, left ovary 3.1% (MP = 83.8%) with 1.3 (0–3) ova and 3.3 (0–10) follicles, right adrenal MP = 83.1%, left adrenal MP = 85.2%, kidneys smooth, unsegmented, right kidney 2.7% (MP = 85.4%), left kidney 3.0% (MP = 89.0%), kidney-vent interval 16.0%, kidney-vent gap 9.6%, kidney-kidney gap 0.03, rectal caecum 1.6%, 2 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecumvent interval 9.4%.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFE2FFBAFF5387854005B64F" blockId="63.[151,1436,1512,2018]" lastBlockId="64.[151,1437,152,738]" lastPageId="64" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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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 (143–208) 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
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FF9DFFBAFC99815D427CB61F" box="[780,830,272,298]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">type</typeStatus>
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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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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBAFF5381C54548B5D7" blockId="64.[151,1437,152,738]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Reproduction Three large eggs present in a
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFD5A81C54270B697" box="[719,818,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="200.0">200 mm</quantity>
|
||
female (BMNH 1934.4.6.3) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFB0081C54194B6FF" author="Broadley and Watson" firstAuthor="Broadley" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="465 - 510" refId="ref58089" refString="Broadley, D. G. & Watson, G. (1976) A revision of the worm snakes of south-eastern Africa (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia (Salisbury), (B), 5 (8), 465 - 510." type="journal article" year="1976">Broadley and Watson, 1976</bibRefCitation>
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||
). Gravid females in November and December with largest eggs 14 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFB9281FD4523B6FF" box="[1031,1121,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFBE781FD446AB6FF" author="De Waal" box="[1138,1320,432,458]" firstAuthor="De Waal" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="1 - 120" refId="ref58248" refString="De Waal, S. W. P. (1978) The Squamata (Reptilia) of the Orange Free State, South Africa. Memoirs van die Nasionale Museum (Bloemfontein), 11, 1 - 120." type="journal article" year="1978">De Waal, 1978</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFAA981FD41B1B6C7" author="Wallach" firstAuthor="Wallach" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" 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 2–8. Vitellogenesias occurs in the spring (Sept.–Nov.) and oviposition in the summer (Dec.–Feb.) with relatively large neonates of
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFCDE824D428EB52F" box="[843,972,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="5.2" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="55.0" valueMax="58.0" valueMin="52.0">52–58 mm</quantity>
|
||
(n = 6) with adult mean length of
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFAE4824D4187B577" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.31" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="131.0">131 mm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFF41826540E9B577" author="Webb" box="[212,427,552,578]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Webb" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="321 - 327" refId="ref64072" refString="Webb, J. K., Shine, R., Branch, W. R. & Harlow, P. S. (2000) Life-history strategies in basal snakes: reproduction and dietary habits of the African thread snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Journal of Zoology (London), 250, 321 - 327." type="journal article" year="2000">Webb et al., 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Mean clutch size 2.3 (r = 1–3) eggs and mean egg size 18.6 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFB31826545BDB577" box="[1188,1279,552,578]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="3.3">3.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
(r = 13–25 x 2.3–4.0 mm) in a sample of
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9DFFBAFE78821D4322B55F" box="[493,608,592,618]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="female">8 females</specimenCount>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFDE4821D4209B55F" author="Webb" box="[625,843,592,618]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Webb" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="321 - 327" refId="ref64072" refString="Webb, J. K., Shine, R., Branch, W. R. & Harlow, P. S. (2000) Life-history strategies in basal snakes: reproduction and dietary habits of the African thread snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Journal of Zoology (London), 250, 321 - 327." type="journal article" year="2000">Webb et al., 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). NMZB-UM 28264 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFB01821D45BAB55F" box="[1172,1272,592,618]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.69" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="169.0">169 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with vitellogenic ova (1/3) in
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFEE58235436CB5A7" box="[368,558,632,658]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1971-12">December 1971</date>
|
||
, TM 25576 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFC9C8235422EB5A7" box="[777,876,632,658]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.71" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="171.0">171 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with ova (0/2) on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFBC48235444AB5A7" box="[1105,1288,632,658]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1955-01-09">9 January 1955</date>
|
||
, and FMNH 80015 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFEBA82ED40D3B58F" box="[303,401,672,698]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.15" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="215.0">215 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with ova (3/5) in
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFDFE82ED4224B58F" box="[619,870,672,698]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1957-01" valueMax="1957-03-31" valueMin="1957-01-00">January–March 1957</date>
|
||
. TM 44732 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFBA882ED45DDB58F" box="[1085,1183,672,698]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7899999999999998" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="179.0">179 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with ova (1/2) on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFAEA82ED4050B5D7" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1974-06-22">22 June 1974</date>
|
||
. TM 5068 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFE4E8285437FB5D7" box="[475,573,712,738]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.72" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="172.0">172 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 3 oviducal eggs in
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFCF082854547B5D7" box="[869,1029,712,738]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1913-01">January 1913</date>
|
||
.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBAFF02835F427DB461" blockId="64.[151,1436,786,852]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9DFFBAFF02835F4312B419" authorityName="Broadley" authorityYear="1998" box="[151,592,786,812]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="scutifrons" subSpecies="conjunctus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9DFFBAFF02835F4312B419" bold="true" box="[151,592,786,812]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9DFFBAFDF7835F427DB461" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581412" accessionNumber="MCZ 55831" collectionCode="MCZ" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="NMZB-UM 12522, 31422, NMZB-UM 31423, TM 76130, 76153" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
|
||
mean based on
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9DFFBAFC8A835F42E8B419" box="[799,938,786,812]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="male">three males</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9DFFBAFC2D835F42B5B419" box="[952,1015,786,812]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
|
||
55831,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFBCF835F447CB419" box="[1114,1342,786,812]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">NMZB-UM 12522</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFADE835F44D5B419" box="[1355,1431,786,812]" collectionCode="NMZB-UM" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">31422</specimenCode>
|
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, and
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9DFFBAFF5D8377402AB461" box="[200,360,826,852]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="female">three females</specimenCount>
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||
,
|
||
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|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFDF4837743A2B461" box="[609,736,826,852]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">TM 76130</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFD7983774275B461" box="[748,823,826,852]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">76153</specimenCode>
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)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBAFF0283C8431BB262" blockId="64.[151,1437,901,1807]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 13.7%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.14, heart 4.7% (MP = 18.1%), snout-heart interval 20.4%, heart-liver gap 10.3%, liver lobes multipartite with rectangular segments, right liver 30.7% (MP = 46.1%) with 29.2 (24–37) segments, left liver 23.6% (MP = 45.6%) with 20.0 (16–26) segments, postcava straight throughout, anterior liver extension 0.10, posterior liver tail 0.13, left liver = 0.77 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 1.0%, gall bladder 1.6% (MP = 63.2%) adjacent to pancreas (1.6%) and cranially positioned spleen (0.7%) and caudad of juxtasplenic body (2.2%), testes multipartite, right testis 6.2% (MP = 76.9%) with 8.7 (4–11) segments, left testis 5.1% (MP = 79.2%) with 8.0 (3–13) segments, right ovary 4.5% (MP = 74.1%) with 3.7 (1–7) ova and 4.3 (2–8) follicles, left ovary 3.1% (MP = 78.0%) with 2.7 (2–3) ova and 3.5 (2–5) follicles, right adrenal MP = 79.6%, left adrenal MP = 81.9%, kidneys smooth and thin, right kidney 3.4% (MP = 83.3%), left kidney 3.5% (MP = 85.8%), kidney-vent interval 18.4%, kidney-vent gap 12.4%, kidney overlap 0.15, rectal caecum 1.7% (absent in TM 76130), equal in diameter to adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 11.2%.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBAFF5385284337B172" blockId="64.[151,1437,901,1807]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 19.1% (MP = 10.9%), estimated number of tracheal rings 132.6 (99–165) or 69.4 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 18.5%, cardiac lung 2.0%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 22.8% (MP = 31.8%), cranial 1/3 with 2 layers of diamond-shaped faveoli, medial 1/3 with single layer of ediculae, caudal 1/3 with network of reticulate trabeculae, posterior tip 43.2%, bronchus 7.6%, posterior tip of bronchus 28.0%, bronchus = 0.33 right lung, trachea-bronchus 26.7% (MP = 14.7%), total lung 24.7% (MP = 30.9%).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBAFF5386184430B03A" blockId="64.[151,1437,901,1807]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
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Reproduction.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFEED8618437DB15A" author="Wallach" box="[376,575,1621,1647]" firstAuthor="Wallach" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" 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>
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||
estimated the clutch size as 4–10. Mean clutch size 2.6 (r = 2–3) and mean egg size 14 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFE1C863040A6B1A2" box="[393,484,1661,1687]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="2.9">2.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
(r = 9–18 x
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFD15863043B8B1A2" box="[640,762,1661,1687]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="2.75" valueMax="3.0" valueMin="2.5">2.5–3 mm</quantity>
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||
) in sample of
|
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<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9DFFBAFC3F8630455FB1A2" box="[938,1053,1661,1687]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="female">5 females</specimenCount>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9DFFBAFBBB8630444AB1A2" author="Webb" box="[1070,1288,1661,1687]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Webb" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="321 - 327" refId="ref64072" refString="Webb, J. K., Shine, R., Branch, W. R. & Harlow, P. S. (2000) Life-history strategies in basal snakes: reproduction and dietary habits of the African thread snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Journal of Zoology (London), 250, 321 - 327." type="journal article" year="2000">Webb et al., 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
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). TM 76153 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFF7486E84004B18A" box="[225,326,1701,1727]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.41" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="141.0">141 mm</quantity>
|
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, MBD
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFE3586E840A5B18A" box="[416,487,1701,1727]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 3/7 ova (3 x 1–1.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFCA686E842DCB18A" box="[819,926,1701,1727]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="0.75">0.75 mm</quantity>
|
||
/3 x 1–1.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFBA286E8453CB18A" box="[1079,1150,1701,1727]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
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) and 0/3 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFAEA86E8401AB1D2" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1981-11-18">18 November 1981</date>
|
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; TM 76130 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFDA5868043D0B1D2" box="[560,658,1741,1767]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.16" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="116.0">116 mm</quantity>
|
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, MBD
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFD7C8680426CB1D2" box="[745,814,1741,1767]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
|
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) with 3/1 ova (1 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFB9886804535B1D2" box="[1037,1143,1741,1767]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="0.75">0.75 mm</quantity>
|
||
/1.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFB2A86804446B1D2" box="[1215,1284,1741,1767]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 5/8 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9DFFBAFE9586B840F5B03A" box="[256,439,1781,1807]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1983-01-07">7 January 1983</date>
|
||
. NMZB-UM 31423 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9DFFBAFD6586B84206B03A" box="[752,836,1781,1807]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="mm" value="95.0">95 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 2/3 ova and 2/2 follicles (date unknown).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBAFF028772459AB0B7" blockId="64.[151,1436,1855,1922]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9DFFBAFF028772436EB06C" box="[151,556,1855,1881]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9DFFBAFF0287724361B06C" box="[151,547,1855,1881]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="scutifrons" subSpecies="merker">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9DFFBAFF0287724361B06C" bold="true" box="[151,547,1855,1881]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Leptotyphlops scutifrons merker</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
i
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9DFFBAFDAB870D459AB0B7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581464" accessionNumber="MCZ 18178, ZMB 29081, ZMB 21172" collectionCode="MCZ, ZMB" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="52629, MCZ 52630-31, 54515, NMZB 8089, 9938, 11371-72, 14101, 14109" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
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||
mean based on
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9DFFBAFD6A870D423EB06F" box="[767,892,1856,1882]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="male">two males</specimenCount>
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||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9DFFBAFC1E870D4288B06F" box="[907,970,1856,1882]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
|
||
18178,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFBA5870D453EB06F" box="[1072,1148,1856,1882]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">52629</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9DFFBAFB1E870D4589B06F" box="[1163,1227,1856,1882]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">ZMB</collectionCode>
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||
29081C, and
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9DFFBAFAED870D41B7B0B7" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="female">ten females</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFE95872540F9B0B7" box="[256,443,1896,1922]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">MCZ 52630-31</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFE5387254350B0B7" box="[454,530,1896,1922]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">54515</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFD8B872543F5B0B7" box="[542,695,1896,1922]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">NMZB 8089</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFD5687254242B0B7" box="[707,768,1896,1922]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">9938</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFC98872542C1B0B7" box="[781,899,1896,1922]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">11371–72</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFC1A87254299B0B7" box="[911,987,1896,1922]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">14101</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9DFFBAFC7287254571B0B7" box="[999,1075,1896,1922]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">14109</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9DFFBAFBAA8725453CB0B7" box="[1087,1150,1896,1922]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">ZMB</collectionCode>
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21172)
|
||
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9DFFBBFF0287FF45F1B6FF" blockId="64.[151,1436,1970,2036]" lastBlockId="65.[151,1437,152,1138]" lastPageId="65" lastPageNumber="66" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 12.6%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.14, heart 4.8% (MP = 17.1%), snout-heart interval 19.6%, heart-liver gap 9.3%, liver lobes multipartite, right liver 39.8% (MP = 48.7%) with 40.9 (33– 50) segments, left liver 34.8% (MP = 48.8%) with 34.8 (29–42) segments, anterior liver extension 0.06, posterior liver tail 0.06, left liver = 0.88 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 0.7%, gall bladder 1.6% (MP = 70.1%) caudad of spleen (0.9%) and juxtasplenic body (1.4%), testes multipartite, right testis 5.3% (MP = 79.4%) with 10.0 (8–12) segments, left testis 6.0% (MP = 83.5%) with 9.5 (7–12) segments, right ovary 4.3% (MP = 80.1%) with 1.4 (0–3) ova and 6.6 (4–9) follicles, left ovary 3.6% (MP = 82.6%) with 1.1 (0–3) ova and 5.2 (1–8) follicles, right adrenal MP = 84.0%, left adrenal MP = 86.2%, right kidney 3.2% (MP = 86.8%), left kidney 3.4% (MP = 89.2%), kidney-vent interval 14.8%, kidney-vent gap 9.0%, kidney overlap 0.16, rectal caecum 1.7%, 2–4 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 9.5%.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9CFFBBFF53819541B6B58F" blockId="65.[151,1437,152,1138]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 18.2% (MP = 10.5%), estimated number of tracheal rings 162.8 (115–216) or 88.3 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 17.2%, cardiac lung 2.3%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung XXX% (MP =32.4%), cranial half with 1–2 layers of faveoli, caudal half narrow and reticulate with network of trabeculae, posterior tip 45.2%, bronchus 9.5%, posterior tip of bronchus 29.1%, bronchus = 0.39 right lung, trachea-bronchus 27.8% (MP = 15.2%), total lung 27.9% (MP = 31.2%).</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9CFFBBFF53828542F3B347" blockId="65.[151,1437,152,1138]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
Reproduction.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9CFFBBFEE382854379B5D7" author="Wallach" box="[374,571,712,738]" firstAuthor="Wallach" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" 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>
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||
estimated the clutch size as 1–5.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFC4782854501B43F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581513" accessionNumber="MCZ 52631" collectingDate="1952-01-10" collectingDateMax="1952-01-20" collectingDateMin="1952-01-10" collectionCode="MCZ" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCount="1">
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<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9CFFBBFC4782854553B5D7" box="[978,1041,712,738]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
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||
52631 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFB2D8285445FB5D7" box="[1208,1309,712,738]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="170.0">170 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFAED82854184B43F" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
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||
) with 0/2 ova (2.5 x 1, 2 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFD9882BD4311B43F" box="[525,595,752,778]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 8/7 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFCC582BD4501B43F" box="[848,1091,752,778]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1952-01-10" valueMax="1952-01-20" valueMin="1952-01-10">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFCC582BD4501B43F" box="[848,1091,752,778]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1952-01-10" valueMax="1952-01-20" valueMin="1952-01-10">10–20 January 1952</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFBC582BD45EFB407" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581433" accessionNumber="MCZ 54515" collectingDate="1954-04-25" collectionCode="MCZ" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-egg="1">
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9CFFBBFBC582BD45CDB43F" box="[1104,1167,752,778]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
|
||
54515 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFAA682BD44D5B43F" box="[1331,1431,752,778]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.71" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="171.0">171 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFF778355407CB407" box="[226,318,792,818]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 1/
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFE31835540ADB407" box="[420,495,792,818]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="egg">1 eggs</specimenCount>
|
||
(7.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFDD0835543C8B407" box="[581,650,792,818]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
/7 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFD5583554244B407" box="[704,774,792,818]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 6/4 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFB96835545EFB407" box="[1027,1197,792,818]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1954-04-25">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFB96835545EFB407" box="[1027,1197,792,818]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1954-04-25">25 April 1954</collectingDate>
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</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFB2F835545C1B46F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581526" collectingDate="1988-04-28" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="NMZB 9938" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFB2F83554413B407" box="[1210,1361,792,818]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">NMZB 9938</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFF02830D41B9B46F" box="[151,251,832,858]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.63" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="163.0">163 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFEC4830D40D5B46F" box="[337,407,832,858]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 1/0 egg (12.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFD09830D43A3B46F" box="[668,737,832,858]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 5/9 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFC4E830D45C1B46F" box="[987,1155,832,858]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1988-04-28">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFC4E830D45C1B46F" box="[987,1155,832,858]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1988-04-28">28 April 1988</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFB1A830D45ABB4B7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581447" accessionNumber="MCZ 52630" collectingDate="1950-06-21" collectionCode="MCZ" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9CFFBBFB1A830D458CB46F" box="[1167,1230,832,858]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
|
||
52630 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFAE5830D418AB4B7" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.72" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="172.0">172 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFE8A83254039B4B7" box="[287,379,872,898]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.6">2.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 1/1 ova (4 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFDCA832543E6B4B7" box="[607,676,872,898]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
/4.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFD7A83254209B4B7" box="[751,843,872,898]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 3/9 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFBDD832545ABB4B7" box="[1096,1257,872,898]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1950-06-21">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFBDD832545ABB4B7" box="[1096,1257,872,898]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1950-06-21">21 June 1950</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFB63832545A9B49F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581344" collectingDate="1994-10-28" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="NMZB 14101" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFB63832544DEB4B7" box="[1270,1436,872,898]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">NMZB 14101</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFF4A83DD4000B49F" box="[223,322,912,938]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="125.0">125 mm</quantity>
|
||
, 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>
|
||
) and 6/5 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFBB683DD45A9B49F" box="[1059,1259,912,938]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1994-10-28">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFBB683DD45A9B49F" box="[1059,1259,912,938]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1994-10-28">28 October 1994</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFB6283DD4478B4E7" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581457" collectingDate="1994-11-29" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="NMZB 14109" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFB6283DD44DEB49F" box="[1271,1436,912,938]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">NMZB 14109</specimenCode>
|
||
(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
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFBDA83F54478B4E7" box="[1103,1338,952,978]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1994-11-29">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFBDA83F54478B4E7" box="[1103,1338,952,978]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1994-11-29">29 November 1994</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFAD283F545C2B4CF" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581308" collectingDate="1985-05-25" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="NMZB 8089" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFAD283F54193B4CF" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">NMZB 8089</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFEB183AD40CAB4CF" box="[292,392,992,1018]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.31" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="131.0">131 mm</quantity>
|
||
) lacking developing ova but with 2/4 follicles on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9CFFBBFC4883AD45C2B4CF" box="[989,1152,992,1018]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1985-05-25">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFF9CFFBBFC4883AD45C2B4CF" box="[989,1152,992,1018]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" value="1985-05-25">25 May 1985</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFB1983AD42C7B317" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581327" accessionNumber="ZMB 21172" collectionCode="ZMB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-egg="1">
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9CFFBBFB1983AD4589B4CF" box="[1164,1227,992,1018]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="Museum">ZMB</collectionCode>
|
||
21172 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFAE583AD4184B317" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.71" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="171.0">171 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 1/
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFEB984454035B317" box="[300,375,1032,1058]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="egg">1 eggs</specimenCount>
|
||
(9 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFE2384454350B317" box="[438,530,1032,1058]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.5">2.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
/10 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFDC0844543F0B317" box="[597,690,1032,1058]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.5">2.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 7/6 follicles
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFC0484454336B37F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581336" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="NMZB 11372" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-egg="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFC0484454574B317" box="[913,1078,1032,1058]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">NMZB 11372</specimenCode>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFB1D844545AEB317" box="[1160,1260,1032,1058]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6199999999999999" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="162.0">162 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 1/
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFAC4844544DEB317" box="[1361,1436,1032,1058]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="egg">1 eggs</specimenCount>
|
||
(11 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFF48847D4060B37F" box="[221,290,1072,1098]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
/7 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFECC847D40DDB37F" box="[345,415,1072,1098]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.0">2 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 6/7 follicles
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFD14847D42EFB347" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581403" collectionCode="NMZB" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="NMZB 11371" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFD14847D4265B37F" box="[641,807,1072,1098]" collectionCode="NMZB" country="Zimbabwe" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">NMZB 11371</specimenCode>
|
||
(
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFCAD847D42DFB37F" box="[824,925,1072,1098]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.76" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="176.0">176 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 3/2 ova (3 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFB10847D4589B37F" box="[1157,1227,1072,1098]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and 5/8 follicles (dates unknown). Oviposition appears to occur in late April to May
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9CFFBBFF0284EA42B6B3DF" blockId="65.[151,1435,1191,1258]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9CFFBBFF0284EA4369B3F4" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[151,555,1191,1217]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="scutifrons" subSpecies="pitmani">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9CFFBBFF0284EA4369B3F4" bold="true" box="[151,555,1191,1217]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Leptotyphlops scutifrons pitmani</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FF9CFFBBFDAB84E542B6B3DF" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581434" accessionNumber="CAS 85761" collectionCode="CAS" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" specimenCode="LIVM 1962.106, LIVM 1962.50" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
mean based on
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFC9484E5423DB3F7" box="[769,895,1192,1218]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="male">three male</specimenCount>
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FF9CFFBBFC1F84E542BFB3F7" box="[906,1021,1192,1218]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FF9CFFBBFB9884E54504B3F7" box="[1037,1094,1192,1218]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="Museum">CAS</collectionCode>
|
||
85761,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFB3984E54434B3F7" box="[1196,1398,1192,1218]" collectionCode="LIVM" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">LIVM 1962.106</specimenCode>
|
||
.59, 1962.168.26, and
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFEFF849D40AEB3DF" box="[362,492,1232,1258]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="female">two female</specimenCount>
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FF9CFFBBFE61849D4325B3DF" box="[500,615,1232,1258]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9CFFBBFDE6849D4268B3DF" box="[627,810,1232,1258]" collectionCode="LIVM" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">LIVM 1962.50</specimenCode>
|
||
.35, 1962.106.60)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9CFFBBFF02856D4415B197" blockId="65.[151,1436,1312,2018]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
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 (26–28) 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 (10–13) segments, left testis 4.9% (MP = 81.0%) with 9.5 (8–11) segments, right ovary 3.8% (MP = 79.4%) with 2 large eggs (8.0–9.0 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFDDD865D4398B11F" box="[584,730,1552,1578]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.65" metricValueMax="2.8" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.65" valueMax="2.8" valueMin="2.5">2.5–2.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
), one ovum and 10 follicles, left ovary 3.8% (MP = 81.8%) with 5 ova and 8 follicles, right adrenal MP = 81.5%, left adrenal MP = 83.2%, right kidney 3.8% (MP = 84.5%), left kidney 3.8% (MP = 87.2%), kidney overlap 0.19, kidney-vent interval 17.4%, kidney-vent gap 10.8%, rectal caecum 2.0%, twice the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 11.4%.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9CFFBBFF5386FD40D8B08F" blockId="65.[151,1436,1312,2018]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 19.7% (MP = 10.8%) with an estimated 150.2 (140–170) 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
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FF9CFFBBFF028765418BB077" box="[151,201,1832,1858]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">type</typeStatus>
|
||
G foramina between tips of bronchial cartilages, posterior lung narrow with trabecular parenchyma, posterior lung tip 42.7%,
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFE0C871D4304B05F" box="[409,582,1872,1898]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
with lung tip folded back upon itself for 5% SVL, bronchus 10.6%, posterior tip of bronchus 31.8%, bronchus = 0.58 right lung, trachea-bronchus 32.5% (MP = 17.2%), total lung 24.2% (MP = 30.4%).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9CFFB8FF538785422EB787" blockId="65.[151,1436,1312,2018]" lastBlockId="66.[151,876,152,178]" lastPageId="66" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
Reproduction. LIVM 1962.106.60 (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFD3B87854250B0D7" box="[686,786,1992,2018]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.66" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="166.0">166 mm</quantity>
|
||
) with 0/
|
||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9CFFBBFCE287854281B0D7" box="[887,963,1992,2018]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="egg">2 eggs</specimenCount>
|
||
(9 x 2.7, 8 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFBBFBFC8785458AB0D7" box="[1129,1224,1992,2018]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="2.5">2.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
), 1/5 ova (1.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9CFFB8FA1887854187B787" lastPageId="66" lastPageNumber="67" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
/2 x 1–1.5 x
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FECD80D54086B787" box="[344,452,152,178]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="0.75">0.75 mm</quantity>
|
||
), and 8/10 follicles (date unknown).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF0280AA44D7B637" blockId="66.[151,1429,231,258]" box="[151,1429,231,258]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9FFFB8FF0280AA40FEB634" bold="true" box="[151,444,231,257]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Leptotyphlops sylvicolus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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mean based on
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,
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, and
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<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFF9FFFB8FB8F80A545E9B637" box="[1050,1195,232,258]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" type="female">two females</specimenCount>
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,
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,
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<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFF9FFFB8FAD780A544CFB637" box="[1346,1421,232,258]" collectionCode="TM" country="Germany" name="Teylers Museum, Paleontologische" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">54602</specimenCode>
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)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF02817541A8B43F" blockId="66.[151,1437,312,1138]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 16.5%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.10, heart 5.6% (MP = 21.1%), snout-heart interval 23.9%, heart-liver gap 10.4%, liver lobes multipartite with transversely rectangular segments, right liver 31.7% (MP = 50.2%) with 22.7 (22–24) segments, left liver 24.9% (MP = 49.3%) with 22.3 (17–28) segments, postcava straight throughout, anterior liver extension 0.08, posterior liver tail 0.13, left liver = 0.79 right liver, liver-gall bladder overlap 0.3%, gall bladder 1.7% (MP = 66.5%), wedged between adjacent pancreas (1.7%) and craniad juxtasplenic body (2.5%) and spleen (1.2%), testes multipartite, right testis 8.6% (MP = 76.1%) with 8 segments, left testis 8.6% (MP = 81.6%) with 8 segments, right ovary 5.2% (MP = 79.0%) with 2.0 (2–2) ova and 1.0 (1–1) follicles, left ovary 5.5% (MP = 80.9%) with 2.0 (2–2) ova and 4.5 (0–9) follicles, right adrenal MP = 81.0%, left adrenal MP = 82.4%, kidneys smooth and creased, right kidney 4.1% (MP = 85.5%), left kidney 4.1% (MP = 88.4%), kidney-vent interval 16.5%, kidney-vent gap 9.6%, kidney overlap 0.16, rectal caecum 2.2%, twice the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 12.3%.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF53835543A7B4CF" blockId="66.[151,1437,312,1138]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Respiratory system lacking tracheal lung and left lung complex, trachea 22.2% (MP = 12.9%), estimated number of tracheal rings 147.7 (135–154) or 67.7 rings/10% SVL, anterior lung tip 20.6%, cardiac lung 3.3%, tracheal entry terminal, right lung 22.8% (MP = 35.4%), cranial 1/3 with 2 layers of faveoli, mesial 1/3 with single layer of ediculae, caudal 1/3 reticulate with trabecular network, posterior tip 46.8%, bronchus 10.3%, posterior tip of bronchus 34.2%, bronchus = 0.45 right lung, trachea-bronchus 32.5% (MP = 18.0%), bronchus = 0.45 right lung, total lung 26.2% (MP = 33.7%).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF5384454414B347" blockId="66.[151,1437,312,1138]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">
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Reproduction.
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<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9FFFB8FEE28445437EB317" author="Wallach" box="[375,572,1032,1058]" firstAuthor="Wallach" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" 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>
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estimated the clutch size as 4. TM 54602 (SVL
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FB1E844545B0B317" box="[1163,1266,1032,1058]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.01" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="101.0">101 mm</quantity>
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, MBD
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FAD9844544D6B317" box="[1356,1428,1032,1058]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="3.0">3 mm</quantity>
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) with 2/2 vitellogenic ova (3 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FE6E847D4302B37F" box="[507,576,1072,1098]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
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/2.5 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FD1F847D43A4B37F" box="[650,742,1072,1098]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
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) and 9/1 follicles on
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<date id="5B6F1014FF9FFFB8FC74847D458BB37F" box="[993,1225,1072,1098]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" value="1980-09-24">24 September 1980</date>
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; TM 29975 (SVL
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FF02841541BBB347" box="[151,249,1112,1138]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.03" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="103.0">103 mm</quantity>
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) with 2/2 ova (3.5 x 1.25, 2 x
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FDC984154387B347" box="[604,709,1112,1138]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="1.25">1.25 mm</quantity>
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/4 x 1.25, 2 x
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FCF384154283B347" box="[870,961,1112,1138]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="1.5">1.5 mm</quantity>
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) and 0/1 follicles (date unknown).
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9FFFB8FF0284EA40C1B3F4" authorityName="Broadley & Watson" authorityYear="1976" box="[151,387,1191,1217]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="telloi">
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9FFFB8FF0284EA40C1B3F4" bold="true" box="[151,387,1191,1217]" italics="true" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Leptotyphlops telloi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(
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||
mean based on male
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,
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, and female
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||
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||
,
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)
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF0284B545A3B14F" blockId="66.[151,1437,1272,2018]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">Posterior tip of sternohyoideus 13.3%, sternohyoideus-heart gap 0.17, heart 4.1% (MP = 16.5%), snout-heart interval 18.6%, heart-liver gap 12.6%, liver lobes multipartite with longitudinally rectangular segments, right liver 42.2% (MP = 52.2%) with 32 segments, left liver 35.1% (MP = 51.8%) with 28 segments, postcava straight throughout, anterior liver extension 0.08, posterior liver tail 0.10, left liver = 0.00 right liver, liver-gall bladder gap 1.3%, gall bladder 1.7% (MP = 75.5%), adjacent to pancreas (1.1%) and caudad of juxtasplenic body (1.6%), testes multipartite, right testis 3.8% (MP = 86.0%) with 8 segments, left testis 3.4% (MP = 86.9%) with 6 segments, right ovary 2.1% (MP = 82.1%) with 5 ova, left ovary 2.5% (MP = 84.0%) with 6 ova, right adrenal MP = 00.0%, left adrenal MP = 00.0%, kidneys smooth, right kidney 2.9% (MP = 88.2%), left kidney 3.4% (MP = 90.4%), kidney-vent interval 13.2%, kidney-vent gap 8.0%, kidney overlap 0.19, rectal caecum 1.2%, 4 times the diameter of adjacent small intestine, caecum-vent interval 8.0%.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF5386C540D8B0A7" blockId="66.[151,1437,1272,2018]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">
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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 (171–171) or 93.4 rings/10% SVL, minute foramina (
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||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FF9FFFB8FBCA86FD45D1B1FF" box="[1119,1171,1712,1738]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">type</typeStatus>
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||
G fide
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FF9FFFB8FB7F86FD44D6B1FF" author="Wallach, V." box="[1258,1428,1712,1738]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" pagination="93 - 295" refId="ref63412" refString="Wallach, V. (1998 a) The lungs of snakes. In: Gans, C. & Gaunt, A. S. (Ed.), Biology of the Reptilia. Volume 19 (Morphology G) Visceral organs. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, pp. 93 - 295." type="book chapter" year="1998">Wallach, 1998</bibRefCitation>
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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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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9FFFB8FF5387ED419BB0D7" blockId="66.[151,1437,1272,2018]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67">
|
||
Reproduction. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FF9FFFB8FE3A87ED4356B08F" box="[431,532,1952,1978]" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
(SVL
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FDFC87ED4392B08F" box="[617,720,1952,1978]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.63" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="163.0">163 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBD
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FF9FFFB8FCBE87ED42CBB08F" box="[811,905,1952,1978]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="2.2">2.2 mm</quantity>
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||
) with 6/5 vitellogenic ova on
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FF9FFFB8FB6C87ED4197B0D7" pageId="66" pageNumber="67" value="1964-11-23">23 November 1964</date>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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