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(
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C)
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF98381E90A8FBC8F2D1FB2A" blockId="13.[151,464,1066,1167]" box="[151,436,1141,1167]" pageId="13" pageNumber="44">Juba gracile blind-snake</paragraph>
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(not Jan)
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: 182
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF98381E9398FB75F727FB7A" author="Lambert" box="[935,1090,1224,1247]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" refString="Lambert, M. R. K. (1985) Reptiles. In: Report on the species of vertebrates in riverine and coastal forest habitats of southern Somalia and the lower Tana in Kenya. University College London &amp; Tropical Development and Research Institute, London, pp. 58 - 71." type="book chapter" year="1985">Lambert 1985</bibRefCitation>
: 66
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF98381E90A8FB55F392FB5A" box="[151,247,1256,1279]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Typhlops</taxonomicName>
lineolatus—
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(not Jan)
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: 219
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, 1990: 430.
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.
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, a female from vicinity of Mareri, Juba Sugar Project, west bank of Juba River, Middle Juba region, southern
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(
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,
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, elevation ca.
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), collected by P. M. Johnson,
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, in a termite hill.
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.
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225258-61,
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27179-84, with the same locality data as the
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but collected by L. G. Hoevers and P. M. Johnson,
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, during bush clearing by bulldozers.
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF98381E90F8FA42F222F9BC" bold="true" box="[199,327,1535,1561]" pageId="13" pageNumber="44">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Apparently most closely related to
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF98381E92CEF9BDF0BFF9BC" box="[753,986,1536,1561]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="44">Letheobia decorosa</emphasis>
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of
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, but differing in its rostral, which tapers posteriorly to a blunt point and has an obtusely angular keratinized cutting edge (rostral rounded posteriorly and snout rounded in
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);
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its frontal being smaller than a supraocular (larger in
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);
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and its lower middorsal count, 391435 vs
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.
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Description (
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variations in parentheses).
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Snout with an obtusely angular keratinised horizontal edge. Rostral broad and saggitate, terminating in a blunt point; ventrally broad with parallel sides; frontal, supraoculars and interparietal subequal and transverse, supraocular with its lateral apex wedged between preocular and ocular; eye faintly visible beneath preocular;
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X (N2, P, O, O); scale rows 26-24-22; MD 435 (391430); L/D ratio 53 (4457). Length
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. Colouration head yellow dorsally and laterally (largely brown in MZUF 27181), otherwise dorsum dark brown, each scale with a pale basal spot, larger laterally, ventrum immaculate.
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF98381E90F8F80AF265F874" bold="true" box="[199,256,1975,2001]" pageId="13" pageNumber="44">Size.</emphasis>
Largest specimen (CAS 225258
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)
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in total length.
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF9B381D90F8FF2AF24BFF14" bold="true" box="[199,302,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="45">Habitat.</emphasis>
The
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series was bulldozed out of termitaria on levees of sandy loam on the west bank of the Juba River. The original vegetation consisted of tall riverine trees with undergrowth of shrubs and creepers.
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Only known from the
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locality (
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, inset top left).
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