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<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B082FF7A6CB9FF76" bold="true" box="[151,413,220,246]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Letheobia mbeerensis</emphasis>
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Mbeere Gracile Blind-snake (
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)
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.
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, adult;
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, Embu County, Siakago-Mbeere (
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38’E;
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); collected on 29 April
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, by a local farmer (name unknown). Live specimen given to Jacob M. Ngwava, curator at the Nairobi Snake Park, who forwarded it to
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<author id="5389CFA4356B7644B262FE106FC8FE4F" box="[631,748,438,463]" fns="I" npo="LF" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Patrick K.</author>
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Malonza at the Herpetology Section, National Museums of
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Description of the
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.
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NMK S2927; Specimen in generally good condition. Snout rounded in dorsal profile, lateral profile bluntly rounded with an angular horizontal edge ventrally; rostral broad, ca. 0.6 head width at interocular level, truncated posteriorly; frontal very broad, crescentic, as wide as rostral and 1.5 times as broad as supraocular with relatively broad contact of nasals; supraocular broad, transverse, its lateral apex between nasal and ocular; nasal semidivided; nasal suture strongly bowed, arising from second supralabial and extending 3/4 of the distance to the rostral; nostril rounded, inferior; ocular similar in size to supraocular and half the size of preocular, ventrolateral apex between preocular and ocular [no subocular present]; eye barely visible as a tiny black dot in the anterior margin of preocular scale (
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), preocular twice as large as ocular; 4 supralabials, third supralabial twice the size of first and second, fourth supralabial twice the size of third; supralabial imbrication pattern T-0 (no supralabial overlap of superior head shields; Wallach 1993). The absence of a subocular, is a difference between the new species and several other
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B2E7FCC16E46FCFF" box="[754,866,871,895]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Letheobia</emphasis>
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. Again the scale pattern is very different from that of morphologically similar
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<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356B7644B1C0FC2D6F84FC23" box="[469,672,907,931]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbriciformis">L. lumbriciformis</taxonomicName>
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.
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Body slender, total length/mid-body diameter ratio (L/D) ratio = 62.2; head slightly narrower than forebody; tail long (2.9% TL), ending in a rounded tip, lacking an apical spine; total length (TL) = 280.0 mm; Tail length (TAL) = 8.0 mm; mid-body diameter (MBD) =
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; mid-body scale rows (
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) = 20; middorsals (MD) = 670; subcaudals (SC) = 20; dorsocaudals (DC) = 23.
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Head scalation of
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,
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holotype NMK-S2927.A) Dorsal view, B) Ventral view C) Lateral view. The position of the eye is represented by a gray dot in the ocular shield. It is shown larger than actual size so that it is clearly visible on the diagram.
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B0D2F91B6C6BF956" bold="true" box="[199,335,1725,1750]" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Coloration.</emphasis>
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In preservative, red-brown on the head and fore body, posteriorly pale brown (
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). In life pink, dorsal scales with a faint speckling of brown at distal margins (
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).
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B0D2F8A36C6AF89E" bold="true" box="[199,334,1797,1822]" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The specific epithet
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B22DF8A36F91F89D" box="[568,693,1797,1821]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">mbeerensis</emphasis>
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refers to the species’ greater
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locality.
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B0D2F88F6C65F8C2" bold="true" box="[199,321,1833,1858]" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The new species is assignable to the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356B7644B33FF88C6EBEF8C2" box="[810,922,1834,1858]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B33FF88C6EBEF8C2" box="[810,922,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Letheobia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the basis of possessing the combination of characters:laterally rounded snout, gracile or worm-like body form, eyes not or barely visible, reduced to faint spots, and pinkish coloration (Pyron & Wallach 2014). Within
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356B7644B377F8D46EF6F80A" box="[866,978,1906,1930]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B377F8D46EF6F80A" box="[866,978,1906,1930]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">Letheobia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356B7644B3F7F8D4695AF80A" box="[994,1150,1906,1930]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbeerensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B3F7F8D4695AF80A" box="[994,1150,1906,1930]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">L. mbeerensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be distinguished by the following features: rostral broad, ocular shield reduced, 20 scale rows around the body along its entire length, 670 middorsal scales, tail long (for genus) 2.9% of total length, 20 subcaudal scales. The large number of subcaudal scales separates
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356B7644B1DCF8786F40F875" box="[457,612,2013,2037]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbeerensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B1DCF8786F40F875" box="[457,612,2013,2037]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">L. mbeerensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from all its congeners, among which
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356B7644B406F87869FCF875" box="[1043,1240,2013,2037]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbriciformis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356B7644B406F87869FCF875" box="[1043,1240,2013,2037]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="145">L. lumbriciformis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with 17, has the next highest count. In addition, the new species is easily separated from several of its East African congeners by its lower number of midbody scale rows (20)
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B285FF1B6FF3FF54" box="[656,727,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">versus</emphasis>
|
||
22 or more scale rows in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B400FF1B682BFF55" authority="Sternfeld" authorityName="Sternfeld" box="[1045,1295,188,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B400FF1B69A8FF54" box="[1045,1164,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. gracilis</emphasis>
|
||
(Sternfeld)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(22–24),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B590FF1B6C4EFF78" authority="Sternfeld" authorityName="Sternfeld" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graueri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B590FF1B6DCFFF77" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. graueri</emphasis>
|
||
(Sternfeld)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(24),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B1BAFF476E2CFF78" authority="Broadley & Wallach" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" box="[431,776,223,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jubana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B1BAFF476F3FFF78" box="[431,539,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. jubana</emphasis>
|
||
Broadley & Wallach
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(24),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B359FF47698CFF78" authority="Broadley & Wallach" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" box="[844,1192,223,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="largeni">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B359FF476E9EFF78" box="[844,954,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. largeni</emphasis>
|
||
Broadley & Wallach
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(22),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B4F9FF4768B8FF78" authority="Cope" authorityName="Cope" box="[1260,1436,224,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallida">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B4F9FF47687DFF78" box="[1260,1369,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. pallida</emphasis>
|
||
Cope
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(22–24),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B115FEA36F5EFE9D" authority="Broadley & Wallach" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" box="[256,634,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pembana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B115FEA36CA3FE9C" box="[256,391,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. pembana</emphasis>
|
||
Broadley & Wallach
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(24),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B2D6FEA36EFDFE9D" authority="Boulenger" authorityName="Boulenger" box="[707,985,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="somalica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B2D6FEA36E6CFE9C" box="[707,840,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. somalica</emphasis>
|
||
(Boulenger)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(24–30),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B45EFEA3687BFE9D" authority="Schmidt" authorityName="Schmidt" box="[1099,1375,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sudanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B45EFEA369C2FE9C" box="[1099,1254,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. sudanensis</emphasis>
|
||
(Schmidt)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(24– 27),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B0D9FE8F6F6EFEC0" authority="Broadley & Wallach" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" box="[204,586,295,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="swahilica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B0D9FE8F6C7CFEC0" box="[204,344,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. swahilica</emphasis>
|
||
Broadley & Wallach
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(22), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B2D1FE8F691AFEC0" authority="Broadley & Wallach" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" box="[708,1086,295,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="toritensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B2D1FE8F6E6FFEBF" box="[708,843,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. toritensis</emphasis>
|
||
Broadley & Wallach
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(22–24). Several East African species formerly assigned to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B1FDFEEA6F7CFEE4" box="[488,600,332,356]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B1FDFEEA6F7CFEE4" box="[488,600,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Letheobia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(e.g., Broadley & Wallach 2007a) but now placed in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B4DBFEEA6854FEE4" box="[1230,1392,332,356]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B4DBFEEA6854FEE4" box="[1230,1392,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Rhinotyphlops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B591FEEB6C25FE07" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ataeniata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B591FEEB6C25FE07" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">R. ataeniata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B11BFED76F8DFE08" authority="Gans & Laurent 1965" authorityName="Gans & Laurent" authorityYear="1965" box="[270,681,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scorteccii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B11BFED76CBEFE07" box="[270,410,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">R. scorteccii</emphasis>
|
||
(Gans & Laurent 1965)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B2A1FED76E7AFE07" box="[692,862,368,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unitaeniatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B2A1FED76E7AFE07" box="[692,862,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">R. unitaeniatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; see Hedges
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B3E4FED76905FE08" box="[1009,1057,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">et al</emphasis>
|
||
(2014) may also be distinguished by their greater number of mid-body scale rows (23–26).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B327FE32690DFE2C" box="[818,1065,404,428]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbeerensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B327FE32690DFE2C" box="[818,1065,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Letheobia mbeerensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may also be distinguished from most of its East African congeners by its high number of middorsal scales (670)
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B44FFE1F6986FE50" box="[1114,1186,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">versus</emphasis>
|
||
lower numbers in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B590FE1F6CADFE75" authority="Scortecci" authorityName="Scortecci" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythraea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B590FE1F6C20FE74" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. erythraea</emphasis>
|
||
(Scortecci)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(443–462),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B20DFE7B6FA8FE74" box="[536,652,477,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="graueri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B20DFE7B6FA8FE74" box="[536,652,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. graueri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(454–622),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B309FE7B6EAEFE74" box="[796,906,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jubana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B309FE7B6EAEFE74" box="[796,906,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. jubana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(391–435),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B40CFE7B69AEFE74" box="[1049,1162,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="largeni">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B40CFE7B69AEFE74" box="[1049,1162,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. largeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(432),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B4F4FE7B6874FE74" box="[1249,1360,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallida">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B4F4FE7B6874FE74" box="[1249,1360,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. pallida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(418– 429),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B0CAFDA76C4FFD98" box="[223,363,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pembana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B0CAFDA76C4FFD98" box="[223,363,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. pembana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(353),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B1DEFDA76F78FD98" box="[459,604,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="swahilica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B1DEFDA76F78FD98" box="[459,604,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. swahilica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(376–396),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B2E6FDA76EA4FD97" box="[755,896,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="toritensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B2E6FDA76EA4FD97" box="[755,896,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. toritensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(427–487), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B45AFDA76C37FDBD" authority="Barbour & Loveridge" authorityName="Barbour & Loveridge" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uluguruensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B45AFDA76821FD98" box="[1103,1285,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. uluguruensis</emphasis>
|
||
(Barbour & Loveridge)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(379–416) as well as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B204FD826E01FDBC" box="[529,805,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ataeniata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B204FD826E01FDBC" box="[529,805,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Rhinotyphlops ataeniata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(443–531),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B3A7FD83691BFDBC" box="[946,1087,549,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scorteccii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B3A7FD83691BFDBC" box="[946,1087,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">R. scorteccii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(311–405), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B4E9FD8368BFFDBC" box="[1276,1435,549,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unitaeniata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B4E9FD8368BFFDBC" box="[1276,1435,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">R. unitaeniata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(467–586).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF4B77C9356A7645B082FAF56ECDFAE9" box="[151,1001,1363,1385]" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B2741356A7645B082FAF56ECDFAE9" blockId="3.[151,1001,1363,1385]" box="[151,1001,1363,1385]" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B082FAF56C36FAE8" bold="true" box="[151,274,1363,1385]" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B10CFAF56CD8FAE9" box="[281,508,1363,1385]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B10CFAF56CDCFAE9" box="[281,504,1363,1385]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbeerensis">Letheobia mbeerensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Holotype NMK-S2927. Photo by P.K. Malonza.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B8B2741356A7645B0D2FA3669D4F9B9" blockId="3.[151,1436,1424,1881]" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B0D2FA366C9FFA28" box="[199,443,1424,1448]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbeerensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B0D2FA366C9FFA28" box="[199,443,1424,1448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Letheobia mbeerensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B29EFA376E6AFA28" box="[651,846,1424,1448]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbriciformis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B29EFA376E6AFA28" box="[651,846,1424,1448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. lumbriciformis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with which it shares similar body proportion (mean of 62.0 body diameters in total body length in
|
||
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B2DDFA136EB4FA4C" box="[712,912,1460,1484]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. lumbriciformis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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the
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of
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B4F9FA1368A8FA4C" box="[1260,1420,1460,1484]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. mbeerensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). However
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B110FA7F6CEDFA70" box="[261,457,1496,1520]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. lumbriciformis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has 18 midbody scale rows (versus
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B3B6FA7F691BFA70" box="[931,1087,1496,1520]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. mbeerensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). The new species may further be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B183FA5B6F7FF994" box="[406,603,1532,1556]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. lumbriciformis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by having 670 middorsal scales (
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B3C8FA5B6900F994" box="[989,1060,1533,1556]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">versus</emphasis>
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465–607), a longer tail (2.9% of TL
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B0D5F9876C23F9B8" box="[192,263,1569,1592]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">versus</emphasis>
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1.3–1.7%; 20
|
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B1B9F9876CD0F9B8" box="[428,500,1569,1592]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">versus</emphasis>
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11–17 subcaudals), and eyes minute but visible (
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B40EF9876947F9B8" box="[1051,1123,1569,1592]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">versus</emphasis>
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not visible).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B0C5F9E26FD2F9DD" bold="true" box="[208,758,1604,1629]" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Distribution, habitat and conservation status.</emphasis>
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The
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of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B3AAF9E26991F9DC" box="[959,1205,1604,1628]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbeerensis">
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B3AAF9E26991F9DC" box="[959,1205,1604,1628]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Letheobia mbeerensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was unearthed by a local farmer while tilling his farm. It is currently known only from its
|
||
<typeStatus id="548F99E3356A7645B3BCF9CF6EFDF901" box="[937,985,1641,1665]" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">type</typeStatus>
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locality in Siakago which lies within an area of high agricultural potential. This area is characterized by deciduous vegetation with most of the land now under cultivation. This is more than
|
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from the nearest records of the superficially similar
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C345CC2356A7645B4C4F91768B0F948" box="[1233,1428,1712,1736]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbriciformis">
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<emphasis id="B940FB53356A7645B4C4F91768B0F948" box="[1233,1428,1712,1736]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">L. lumbriciformis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, at the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F32367D1356A7645B0C9F9736C17F96D" box="[220,307,1749,1773]" name="Kenya" pageId="3" pageNumber="146">Kenyan</collectingCountry>
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||
coast (Broadley & Wallach 2007a). It is unclear whether the species can tolerate human disturbance as is the case with some other blind snakes. Until such time as more information about the actual distributional range of this snake becomes available it must be considered Data Deficient, a status that applies to many typhlopids in general (Measey & Branch 2014).
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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