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, Fig. 1)
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFFAFFDDFF02840040D8B352" blockId="39.[151,812,1066,1127]" box="[151,410,1101,1127]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Black-tip worm snake</paragraph>
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2002: 299
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</elevation>
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), collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="82245302FFFAFFDDFD1485D04261B282" box="[641,803,1437,1463]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">C.J.P. Ionides</collectorName>
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,
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</date>
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.
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</paragraph>
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.
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||
</emphasis>
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54653 —
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,
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<collectingMunicipality id="CF0AACAEFFFAFFDDFD798588427AB2EA" box="[748,824,1477,1503]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Valley</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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, collected by D. Vesey-FitzGerald,
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFFAFFDDFADB85884040B132" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1955-02">
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<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFFAFFDDFADB85884040B132" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1955-02">February 1955</collectingDate>
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</date>
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFFAFFDDFE9B85A04017B132" box="[270,341,1517,1543]" country="Kenya" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/h6fg-emd8" name="National Museums of Kenya" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="Museum">NMK</collectionCode>
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||
/O.420 —
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||
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,
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||
<collectingMunicipality id="CF0AACAEFFFAFFDDFDAA85A04240B132" box="[575,770,1517,1543]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mpanda District</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FFFAFFDDFC9B85A04282B132" box="[782,960,1517,1543]" country="Tanzania" name="Rukwa" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Rukwa Region</collectingRegion>
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,
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||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFFAFFDDFC5885A04574B132" box="[973,1078,1517,1543]" name="Tanzania" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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(
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,
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), collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="82245302FFFAFFDDFF298658405BB11A" box="[188,281,1557,1583]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Ortlepp</collectorName>
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,
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFFAFFDDFEB0865840E3B11A" box="[293,417,1557,1583]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1959-05">
|
||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFFAFFDDFEB0865840E3B11A" box="[293,417,1557,1583]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1959-05">May 1959</collectingDate>
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</date>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
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||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFFAFFDDFE3B8658409AB11A" box="[430,472,1557,1583]" country="USA" name="Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="University or college">KU</collectionCode>
|
||
172930 — a female from Mara
|
||
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||
,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="CF0AACAEFFFAFFDDFB808658451FB11A" box="[1045,1117,1557,1583]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Masai</collectingMunicipality>
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Mara
|
||
<collectingCounty id="C60F4E58FFFAFFDDFB3F86584449B11A" box="[1194,1291,1557,1583]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Reserve</collectingCounty>
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||
,
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||
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FFFAFFDDFA8D8658418BB162" country="Kenya" name="Narok" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Narok District</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFFAFFDDFF4D86704066B162" box="[216,292,1597,1623]" name="Kenya" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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||
(
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||
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||
,
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||
,
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||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFFAFFDDFD8A8670433CB162" box="[543,638,1597,1623]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.585" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" unit="m" value="1585.0">
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||
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||
</quantity>
|
||
), collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="82245302FFFAFFDDFCA6867042ADB162" box="[819,1007,1597,1623]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W.E. Duellman</collectorName>
|
||
,
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||
<date id="5B6F1014FFFAFFDDFC6886704580B162" box="[1021,1218,1597,1623]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1976-08-18">
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||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFFAFFDDFC6886704580B162" box="[1021,1218,1597,1623]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1976-08-18">18 August 1976</collectingDate>
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||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFFAFFDDFB4786704546B14A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581520" accessionNumber="ZMB 51610" collectionCode="ZMB" collectorName="Wintgens" country="Tanzania" location="Tabora" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Tabora" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFFAFFDDFB4786704453B162" box="[1234,1297,1597,1623]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="Museum">ZMB</collectionCode>
|
||
51610* —
|
||
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|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FFFAFFDDFF6C862840ECB14A" box="[249,430,1637,1663]" country="Tanzania" name="Tabora" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Tabora District</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FFFAFFDDFE298628432CB14A" box="[444,622,1637,1663]" country="Tanzania" name="Tabora" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Tabora Region</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFFAFFDDFDE9862843AAB14A" box="[636,744,1637,1663]" name="Tanzania" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
|
||
, collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="82245302FFFAFFDDFC0486284546B14A" box="[913,1028,1637,1663]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Wintgens</collectorName>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFFAFFDDFB84862845E0B192" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581363" collectingDate="2003-04-14" collectionCode="CAS" collectorName="T. A. Gardner" country="Tanzania" latitude="-7.1" location="Msago Shamba" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCode="CAS 227733" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Mpanda District" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="7F779EAFFFFAFFDDFB84862845E9B14A" box="[1041,1195,1637,1663]" collectionCode="CAS" 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="39" pageNumber="40" type="Museum">CAS 227733</specimenCode>
|
||
—
|
||
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|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FFFAFFDDFF0286C0401BB192" box="[151,345,1677,1703]" inferredBySuffix="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mpanda District</collectingRegion>
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||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFFAFFDDFEF086C0408CB192" box="[357,462,1677,1703]" name="Tanzania" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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(
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,
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||
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), collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="82245302FFFAFFDDFCDF86C042ADB192" box="[842,1007,1677,1703]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">T. A. Gardner</collectorName>
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,
|
||
<date id="5B6F1014FFFAFFDDFC6F86C045E0B192" box="[1018,1186,1677,1703]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="2003-04-14">
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||
<collectingDate id="4B2BE9FCFFFAFFDDFC6F86C045E0B192" box="[1018,1186,1677,1703]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="2003-04-14">14 April 2003</collectingDate>
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</date>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="67CB655FFFFAFFDDFF5386F840F0B02A" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFFAFFDDFF5386F840F0B02A" blockId="39.[151,1437,1317,1983]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFFAFFDDFF5386F84004B1FA" bold="true" box="[198,326,1717,1743]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
Apart from its distinctive skull, with a rhombic postparietal bone and paired parietals (
|
||
<figureCitation id="B7EA2A51FFFAFFDDFAD786F844D5B1FA" box="[1346,1431,1717,1743]" captionStart="PLATE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,238,1626,1650]" captionTargetBox="[307,1289,197,1614]" captionTargetId="figure-257@11.[263,1331,162,1634]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="PLATE 4. Figure 1. Dorsal views of the skulls of Leptotyphlops. A. Leptotyphlops nigricans (MCZ 21473) and B. Leptotyphlops kafubi (FMNH 56374), both after List (1966). KEY to bone abbreviations from List, 1966: Ax = axis, At = atlas, Eo = exoccipital, F = frontal, M = maxilla, N = nasal, P = parietal, Pf = prefrontal, Po = prootic, So = supraoccipital. C. Leptotyphlops cairi, after Abdeen et al. (1991). KEY to bone abbreviations from Abdeen et al., 1991: B.OC. = basioccipital; B.SP. = basisphenoid; C.T.C. = cartilaginouis trebacula cranii; EX.OC. = exoccipital; FR. = frontal; L.P.P.MX. = lateral process of maxilla; MX. = maxilla; NA. = nasal; OC.CO. = occipital condyle; P.MX. = premaxilla; P.OT. = prootic; P.VO. = prevomer; PA. = palatine; PR. = parietal; PR.FR. = prefrontal; PR.L.DG. = lateral downgrowth of parietal; PT. = pterygoid; S.OC. = supraoccipital. The lines represent 1 mm to scale. The stipple indicates thin transparent membrane. Figure 2. Dorsal views of the skulls of Leptotyphlops. A. Leptotyphlops nigroterminus sp. nov. (ZMB 51610); B. Leptotyphlops macrurus (BMNH 1957.1.10.26); C. Leptotyphlops boulengeri (MCZ 40087); D. Leptotyphlops reticulatus (BMNH 1954.1.12.77). E. Leptotyphlops longicaudus (NMZB-UM 29371); F. Leptotyphlops blanfordii (BMNH 1977.833); G. Leptotyphlops nursii (FMNH 66158). H. Leptotyphlops scutifrons merkeri (NMZB 8089). The lines represent 1 mm to scale. KEY: f = frontal; n = nasal; p = parietal; pp = postparietal; so = supraoccipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6789072" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6789072/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Plate 4</figureCitation>
|
||
, Fig. 2A), this unique form differs from all other African species in its light brown colouration with the distal portion of the tail black.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="67CB655FFFFAFFDDFF5387604037B05A" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFFAFFDDFF5387604037B05A" blockId="39.[151,1437,1317,1983]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFFAFFDDFF5387604011B072" bold="true" box="[198,339,1837,1863]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The specific name is derived from the diagnostic black tail tip; from the Latin
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFFAFFDDFB6887604479B073" box="[1277,1339,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">niger</emphasis>
|
||
= black and
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFFAFFDDFF5D8718406DB05B" box="[200,303,1877,1902]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">terminus</emphasis>
|
||
= tip.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="67CB655FFFFAFFD3FF5387304424B49F" lastPageId="41" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFFAFFDDFF5387304238B08A" blockId="39.[151,1437,1317,1983]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFFAFFDDFF5387304268B0A2" bold="true" box="[198,810,1917,1943]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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Description (
|
||
<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFFAFFDDFEF28730409BB0A2" box="[359,473,1917,1943]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
variations in parentheses).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Body cylindrical, with head and neck broadened and flattened, the short tail tapers slightly to a small terminal spine.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="7BAE665CFFF5FFD2FF028744453CB0C4" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6789102" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6789102" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6789102/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" startId="40.[151,238,1801,1825]" targetBox="[276,1332,178,1785]" targetPageId="40">
|
||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF5FFD2FF028744453CB0C4" blockId="40.[151,1437,1801,2033]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FF02874440C6B014" bold="true" box="[151,388,1801,1825]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">PLATE 12. Figure 1.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFF5FFD2FE1987474382B014" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[396,704,1802,1825]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigroterminus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FE1987474382B014" box="[396,704,1802,1825]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Leptotyphlops nigroterminus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FD5D8744425CB014" bold="true" box="[712,798,1801,1825]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFFF5FFD2FD5D8744425CB014" box="[712,798,1801,1825]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal and lateral views of the head of the holotype, MCZ 54813
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FF74876041BBB071" box="[225,249,1837,1860]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">—</emphasis>
|
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Karema, Tanzania. The line represents 1 mm to scale.
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FCC5876142F5B071" bold="true" box="[848,951,1836,1860]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figure 2.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFF5FFD2FC2A87604584B071" baseAuthorityName="Sternfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[959,1222,1837,1860]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FC2A87604584B071" box="[959,1222,1837,1860]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Leptotyphlops latirostris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of MCZ 53261/57459 from Uvira, DDC. Drawings by J. Boundy. The line represents 1 mm to scale.
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FF49873C4006B0BC" bold="true" box="[220,324,1905,1929]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figure 3.</emphasis>
|
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FEDB873F43F8B0BC" box="[334,698,1906,1929]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFF5FFD2FEDB873F43F4B0BC" box="[334,694,1906,1929]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="scutifrons" subSpecies="merkeri">Leptotyphlops scutifrons merkeri</taxonomicName>
|
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.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of the syntype, MCZ 31627
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FF7787D841B8B099" box="[226,250,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">—</emphasis>
|
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Moshi, Tanzania. Drawings by J. Boundy. The line represents 1 mm to scale.
|
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FBC087D945FFB099" bold="true" box="[1109,1213,1940,1964]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Figure 4.</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal views of the heads of: A.
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FE8A87FA436FB0FB" box="[287,557,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFF5FFD2FE8A87FA436BB0FB" baseAuthorityName="Sternfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[287,553,1975,1998]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">Leptotyphlops latirostris</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
MRAC 18014 (Uvira, Kivu), compared with B.
|
||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF5FFD2FBA287FA44DFB0FB" box="[1079,1437,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFF5FFD2FBA287FA44DBB0FB" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1079,1433,1975,1998]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="scutifrons" subSpecies="pitmani">Leptotyphlops scutifrons pitmani</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
MRAC 18006 (Rwankuba, Rwanda), after
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4B404B25FFF5FFD2FDF787974244B0C4" author="Laurent" box="[610,774,2010,2033]" firstAuthor="Laurent" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 390" refId="ref59963" refString="Laurent, R. F. (1956) Contribution a l'Herpetologie de la region des Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Centrale. I: Generalites, II. Cheloniens, III. Ophidiens. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge (Tervuren), (8 vo - Sciences Zoologiques), 48, 1 - 390, Pls. 1 - 31." type="journal article" year="1956">Laurent (1956)</bibRefCitation>
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. The lines represent 1 mm to scale.
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||
</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF5380D543F2B6FF" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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Snout rounded, rostral broad (0.53–0.67 head width, mean = 0.59), fused with the frontal, unguiform, extending well beyond the level of the eyes, a preoral groove present ventrally. Behind rostral, upper lip bordered by infranasal (nostril midway between rostral and supralabial along nasal suture), small anterior supralabial with width along lip twice that of infranasal, large but narrow ocular, and tall posterior supralabial. Supraoculars pentagonal, anteriorly wedged in between supranasal and ocular, posteriorly in straight contact with the hexagonal postfrontal, which is subequal in size to the supraoculars, interparietal and interoccipital. Parietals oblique and in contact with the posterior supralabials. Occipitals not fused (fused in all
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||
<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFF4FFD3FA9181C544D2B697" box="[1284,1424,392,418]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">5 paratypes</specimenCount>
|
||
). Temporal single. No mental, four infralabials.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF5381954030B55F" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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Body covered with 14 rows of smooth, imbricate, subequal scales. Reduction to 12 rows on the tail takes place lateral to the subtriangular cloacal shield, which is entire (tail rows
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the
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<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFF4FFD3FB13824D45A5B52F" box="[1158,1255,512,538]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="allotype">allotype</typeStatus>
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,
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FB60824D4476B52F" box="[1269,1332,512,538]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="in" value="10.0">10 in</quantity>
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the
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<specimenCount id="39D7FD5DFFF4FFD3FAFE824D404EB577" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">four paratypes</specimenCount>
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). Total middorsals 236 (
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other male,
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FC84826542D5B577" box="[785,919,552,578]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.112" metricValueMax="7.62" metricValueMin="6.603999999999999" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="in" value="280.0" valueMax="300.0" valueMin="260.0">260–300 in</quantity>
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females); subcaudals 23 (
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FB5B8265444FB577" box="[1230,1293,552,578]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.858" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="in" value="27.0">27 in</quantity>
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other male;
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FF02821D41BCB55F" box="[151,254,592,618]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.604" metricValueMax="6.858" metricValueMin="6.35" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="in" value="26.0" valueMax="27.0" valueMin="25.0">25–27 in</quantity>
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females).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF53823542CDB5A7" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" box="[198,911,632,658]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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Total length
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FECF823540FCB5A7" box="[346,446,632,658]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.59" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="mm" value="159.0">159 mm</quantity>
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, tail
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FE638235430EB5A7" box="[502,588,632,658]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="mm" value="12.0">12 mm</quantity>
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; midbody diameter
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FCA0823542C9B5A7" box="[821,907,632,658]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5mm</quantity>
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.
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||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF5382ED4515B58F" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" box="[198,1111,672,698]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Total length/diameter ratio 45 (46–84); total length/tail ratio 13.2 (11.7–14.8).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF53828542A1B407" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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Middorsal seven scale rows medium brown, rostral and dorsal tail blackish-brown, paler brown ventrally, distal half of tail with black ring (in the smallest specimen of
|
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<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FCE382BD4288B43F" box="[886,970,752,778]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.2" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="mm" value="82.0">82 mm</quantity>
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total length only the extreme tip of the tail is black, in the other
|
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<typeStatus id="F06A8876FFF4FFD3FE2C8355436BB407" box="[441,553,792,818]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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the distal third of tail has black ring).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF53837245C7B46F" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" box="[198,1157,831,858]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF4FFD3FF5383724042B46C" bold="true" box="[198,256,831,857]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Size.</emphasis>
|
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<materialsCitation id="9FB93C89FFF4FFD3FE92830D45C3B46F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3827581416" accessionNumber="MCZ 52634" box="[263,1153,832,858]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="Tanzania" location="Manyoni" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" specimenCount="1">
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||
Largest specimen (
|
||
<collectionCode id="49C0AE11FFF4FFD3FE71830D4367B46F" box="[484,549,832,858]" 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="41" pageNumber="42" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
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52634 —
|
||
<location id="2A0E600FFFF4FFD3FD34830D424CB46F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A77887C2FFFAFFD3FF02846745D4B4E7:2A0E600FFFF4FFD3FD34830D424CB46F" box="[673,782,832,858]" country="Tanzania" name="Manyoni" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Manyoni</location>
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,
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||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFF4FFD3FC8F830D42C7B46F" box="[794,901,832,858]" name="Tanzania" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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) 180 + 13 =
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FB89830D45C3B46F" box="[1052,1153,832,858]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.93" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="mm" value="193.0">193 mm</quantity>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF53832A4424B49F" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF4FFD3FF53832A406CB4B4" bold="true" box="[198,302,871,897]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Habitat.</emphasis>
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||
The habitat in western
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFF4FFD3FDD1832543EFB4B7" box="[580,685,872,898]" name="Tanzania" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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||
is miombo woodland, but in the Masai
|
||
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FFF4FFD3FB1083254581B4B7" box="[1157,1219,872,898]" country="Tanzania" name="Mara" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Mara</collectingRegion>
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||
Reserve in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFF4FFD3FADA832544D9B4B7" box="[1359,1435,872,898]" name="Kenya" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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||
the vegetation is a mosaic of evergreen bushland and secondary
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FFF4FFD3FC1D83DD429BB49C" box="[904,985,912,937]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF4FFD3FC1D83DD429BB49C" box="[904,985,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Acacia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
wooded grassland (White, 1983).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="67CB655FFFF4FFD3FF5383FA45D4B4E7" box="[198,1174,951,978]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FFF4FFD3FF5383FA45D4B4E7" blockId="41.[151,1436,152,978]" box="[198,1174,951,978]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
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||
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FFF4FFD3FF5383FA4025B4E4" bold="true" box="[198,359,951,977]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Southwestern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFF4FFD3FD8183F54322B4E7" box="[532,608,952,978]" name="Kenya" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Kenya</collectingCountry>
|
||
and western
|
||
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FFF4FFD3FD6983F5422AB4E7" box="[764,872,952,978]" name="Tanzania" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="E8299B31FFF4FFD3FCE183F54554B4E7" box="[884,1046,952,978]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" metricValueMax="1.6" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" unit="m" value="1300.0" valueMax="1600.0" valueMin="1000.0">1000–1600 m</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="B7EA2A51FFF4FFD3FBB083F545CAB4E7" box="[1061,1160,952,978]" captionStart="PLATE 11" captionStartId="38.[151,238,1432,1456]" captionTargetBox="[415,1166,479,1405]" captionTargetId="figure-300@38.[415,1171,474,1408]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="PLATE 11. Leptotyphlops. Distribution of the Leptotyphlops scutifrons species group in East Africa. Type localities are labelled." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6789098" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6789098/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Plate 11</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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