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Genus
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF77341DFEEDFBA1" bold="true" box="[238,376,1114,1140]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Epacrophis</emphasis>
Hedges, Adalsteinsson, &amp; Branch
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species.
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFEA834E3FD9AFB6E" box="[305,527,1188,1211]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Glauconia reticulata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF0E34ADFE82FAD1" bold="true" box="[151,279,1258,1284]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Species of
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFE3934ACFDB3FAD1" box="[416,550,1259,1284]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Epacrophis</emphasis>
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and
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have 14 midbody scale rows, 10 midtail scale rows, 180 248 middorsal scale rows, 1832 subcaudals, two supralabials, a moderate-sized anterior supralabial,
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maximum adult total length, a body shape of 3057 (total length/width), a relative tail length of 7.910.9 %, a tail shape of 3.25.7, no striped pattern, and usually a brown dorsum and white venter (Table 2).
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can be distinguished from the two other tribes in the subfamily
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by the presence of a moderate-sized anterior supralabial (versus absent or small in other species of
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, except
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF0E3594FE9EFA39" box="[151,267,1491,1516]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">L. howelli</emphasis>
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) and a stout apical spine on the tip of the tail (
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;
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). No species were included in the molecular phylogenetic analyses.
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF5C3658FEA4F9EC" bold="true" box="[197,305,1567,1593]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Content.</emphasis>
One genus and three species (
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF5C3601FEF3F9B5" bold="true" box="[197,358,1606,1632]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Distribution.</emphasis>
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is distributed in East Africa (
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and
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) and nearby islands (Manda and Lamu) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF5C36D4FEDFF978" bold="true" box="[197,330,1683,1709]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Etymology</emphasis>
. The generic name is masculine and derived from the Greek adjective
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(pointed at the end) and Greek noun
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(snake), in allusion to the distinctive thorny spine at the tip of the tail in species of this genus.
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<emphasis id="B4F9EAE7FF86FFAAFF5C3740FEABF8F4" bold="true" box="[197,318,1799,1825]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Remarks.</emphasis>
This tribe comprises the former
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Group of &quot;
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,
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&quot; most recently defined by
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