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Key to the genus
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in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (based on external characters)
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1a. Midbody scale rows 16; 14 scale rows on tail; parietals separated from the frontal; no enlarged cloacal shield
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02811844D8B6A2" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">1b. Midbody scale rows 14; 10 or 12 scale rows on tail; parietals in contact with frontal; cloacal shield enlarged .................................................................................................................................................... 2</keyLead>
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2a. Ocular shield excluded from lip by supralabials
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFA9981E844D4B68B" box="[1292,1430,421,446]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dissimilis">L. dissimilis</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02818044D8B6D2" box="[151,1434,461,487]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">2b. Ocular shield bordering lip ...................................................................................................................... 3</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0281B844D8B53A" box="[151,1434,501,527]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">3a. A discrete frontal separates the rostral from the supraoculars................................................................. 4</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02825044DBB502" box="[151,1433,541,567]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">3b. Frontal fused with the rostral, which is consequently in contact with the supraoculars........................ 23</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02820844D8B5B2" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">4a. Posterior supralabial not reaching level of eye; precloacal shield semilunate; light brown above, lighter below ........................................................................................................................................................ 5</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0282D844DBB5E2" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">4b. Posterior supralabial reaching level of eye; precloacal shield heart-shaped or subtriangular; dark brown to black above and below ....................................................................................................................... 16</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0282A844D8B5CA" box="[151,1434,741,767]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">5a. Anterior supralabial much larger than infranasal; a stout thorn-like apical spine on the tail .................. 6</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02834044D8B412" box="[151,1434,781,807]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">5b. Anterior supralabial subequal to infranasal; a small needle-like apical spine on the tail ........................ 8</keyLead>
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6a. Middorsals less than 200; subcaudals 1822; total length/diameter ratio less than 40
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........
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFB68837844D8B47B" box="[1277,1434,821,846]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boulengeri">L. boulengeri</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02831044D8B442" box="[151,1434,861,887]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">6b. Middorsals more than 200; subcaudals more than 24; total length/diameter ratio more than 40 ............ 7</keyLead>
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7a. Interparietal shield present; middorsals &lt;240; subcaudals 29 or more, light nuchal collar absent ..........
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...............................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFB6A83E044D8B4F3" box="[1279,1434,941,966]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulatus">L. reticulatus</taxonomicName>
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7b. Interparietal shield absent, middorsals 248, subcaudals 26, light nuchal collar present
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...........
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFAB6839844D8B4DB" authorityName="Wallach" authorityYear="1996" box="[1315,1434,981,1006]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="drewesi">L. drewesi</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0283B044D8B322" box="[151,1434,1021,1047]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">8a. Twelve scale rows on tail ......................................................................................................................... 9</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02846844DBB30A" box="[151,1433,1061,1087]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">8b. Ten scale rows on tail............................................................................................................................. 12</keyLead>
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9a. Middorsals more than 400, rostral width&gt; 0.60, occipitals not fused
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFAD7840044D8B353" box="[1346,1434,1101,1126]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burii">L. burii</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02843844DBB3BA" box="[151,1433,1141,1167]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">9b. Middorsals less than 400, rostral width &lt;0.55, occipitals fused ........................................................... 10</keyLead>
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10a. Supranasals extending beyond rostral, frontal twice the size of supraoculars, rostral narrow (0.36 head width)
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFA94848844D8B3EB" authorityName="Scortecci" authorityYear="1933" box="[1281,1434,1221,1246]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yemenicus">L. yemenicus</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0284A044DBB21A" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">10b. Supranasals not extending beyond rostral, frontal subequal to supraoculars, rostral moderate (0.400.55 head width)............................................................................................................................................. 11</keyLead>
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11a. Prominent tubercles on head shields, subcaudals = 34, weak beak extends below level of lip in lateral profile, anterior supralabial width along lip equal to that of infranasal
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................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFB6B852844D8B24B" box="[1278,1434,1381,1406]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythraeus">L. erythraeus</taxonomicName>
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11b. Tubercles absent on head shields, subcaudals = 34, weak beak not extending below level of lip in lateral profile, anterior supralabial width along lip twice that of infranasal
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFAAF85F844D8B2FB" box="[1338,1434,1461,1486]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nursii">L. nursii</taxonomicName>
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12a. Snout strongly hooked in profile
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13a. Subcaudals usually more than 35; range south of the
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FF98FFBFFCDA86604284B172" box="[847,966,1581,1607]" country="Kenya" name="Tana River" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Tana river</collectingRegion>
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.................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFB2986604476B173" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1212,1332,1581,1606]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ionidesi" status="sp. nov.">L. ionidesi</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFF98FFBFFAA9866044DBB172" box="[1340,1433,1581,1607]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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13b. Subcaudals usually less than 35; range from the
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FF98FFBFFC82861842CCB15A" box="[791,910,1621,1647]" country="Kenya" name="Tana River" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Tana river</collectingRegion>
northwards ............................................... 14
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02863044D4B1A3" box="[151,1430,1661,1687]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
14a. Middorsals more than 300; adults exceed
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in total length
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF98FFBFFC49863044D4B1A3" box="[988,1430,1661,1686]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
.................................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFAD3863044D4B1A3" box="[1350,1430,1661,1686]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cairi">L. cairi</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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14b. Middorsals not more than 300; adults less than
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in length ....................................................... 15
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF98FFBFFF02868044D8B1D3" blockId="69.[151,1436,261,2007]" box="[151,1434,1741,1767]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
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15a. Middorsals 278300; subcaudals 3032
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF98FFBFFD22868044D8B1D3" box="[695,1434,1741,1766]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFA93868044D8B1D3" box="[1286,1434,1741,1766]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="braccianii">L. braccianii</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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15b. Middorsals 227260; subcaudals 2530
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF98FFBFFD2286B84477B03B" box="[695,1333,1781,1806]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
.........................................................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFB4086B84477B03B" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1237,1333,1781,1806]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tanae" status="sp. nov.">L. tanae</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFF98FFBFFAA986B844DBB03A" box="[1340,1433,1781,1807]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF98FFBFFF02875044DBB06A" blockId="69.[151,1436,261,2007]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02875044DBB06A" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">16a. Eye beneath a clear window or dome in the ocular shield; middorsals usually more than 250; subcaudals usually more than 30....................................................................................................................... 17</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF02872044DBB0B2" box="[151,1433,1901,1927]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">16b. Eye below a flat ocular shield; middorsals usually less than 250; subcaudals usually less than 30...... 19</keyLead>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF98FFBFFF0287D844D8B09B" blockId="69.[151,1436,261,2007]" box="[151,1434,1941,1967]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0287D844D8B09B" box="[151,1434,1941,1967]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
17a. Eye beneath a dome in the ocular shield; middorsals 272322; subcaudals 3044
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF98FFBFFB0E87D844D8B09B" box="[1179,1434,1941,1966]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF98FFBFFA8287D844D8B09B" box="[1303,1434,1941,1966]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrops">L. macrops</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF98FFBFFF0287F044DBB0E2" box="[151,1433,1981,2007]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">17b. Eye beneath a slightly domed window in the ocular shield; middorsals 229269; subcaudals 2839. 18</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF0280D544DBB784" box="[151,1433,151,178]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
18a. Middorsals 229237; range southeast Tanzanian coast to western
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFC7680D5456DB787" box="[995,1071,152,178]" name="Kenya" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Kenya</collectingCountry>
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFBA180D54476B784" box="[1076,1332,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
...................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFB5780D54476B784" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1218,1332,152,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howelli" status="sp. nov.">L. howelli</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFF9BFFBCFAA980DA44DBB784" box="[1340,1433,151,177]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02808D44D8B7EC" box="[151,1434,192,218]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
18b. Middorsals 247269; endemic to
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FF9BFFBCFDF9808D4249B7EF" box="[620,779,192,218]" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Pemba" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pemba Island</collectingRegion>
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFC9A808D44D8B7EC" box="[783,1434,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
........................................................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFAB6808D44D8B7EC" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1941" box="[1315,1434,192,217]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pembae">L. pembae</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF0280A544DBB61F" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
19a. Middorsals usually less than 245; range southern
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFCBA80A54239B637" box="[815,891,232,258]" name="Sudan" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, south through
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFBA180A545D0B637" box="[1076,1170,232,258]" name="Uganda" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Uganda</collectingCountry>
, Kivu, and
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to southeast
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFEC6815D40FEB61F" box="[339,444,272,298]" name="Tanzania" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
.................................................................................................................................. 20
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02817544DBB667" box="[151,1433,312,338]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
19b. Middorsals usually more than 245; range northern
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFCA0817542DCB667" box="[821,926,312,338]" name="Tanzania" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="ED15F836FF9BFFBCFC3881754503B667" box="[941,1089,312,338]" country="Tanzania" name="Kilimanjaro" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Kilimanjaro</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFBC0817545E3B667" box="[1109,1185,312,338]" name="Kenya" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Kenya</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFB4F8175447FB667" box="[1242,1341,312,338]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
....... 22
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9BFFBCFF02812D44DBB694" blockId="70.[151,1436,151,858]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02812D44DBB694" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
20a. Middorsals less than 205; cloacal shield narrow; range southeast coast of
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFBAA812D45EBB64F" box="[1087,1193,352,378]" name="Tanzania" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
................................ ................................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFB0781C54477B694" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1170,1333,392,417]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mbanjensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFB0781C54477B694" box="[1170,1333,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">L. mbanjensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFAA981CA44DBB694" bold="true" box="[1340,1433,391,417]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFF9BFFBCFAA981CA44DBB694" box="[1340,1433,391,417]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF0281FD44DBB6FF" box="[151,1433,432,458]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">20b. Middorsals usually more than 205; cloacal shield broad....................................................................... 21</keyLead>
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<paragraph id="2F6E36D4FF9BFFBCFF02819544D8B6C4" blockId="70.[151,1436,151,858]" box="[151,1434,472,498]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02819544D8B6C4" box="[151,1434,472,498]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
21a. Range: Eastern Kivu and adjacent
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFDED8195439AB6C7" box="[632,728,472,498]" name="Rwanda" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
above 900 metres.............................................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFB6F819544D8B6C4" baseAuthorityName="Chabanaud" baseAuthorityYear="1917" box="[1274,1434,472,497]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticolus">
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFB6F819544D8B6C4" box="[1274,1434,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">L. monticolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02824D44D4B52C" box="[151,1430,512,538]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
21b. Range: Southern
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFE3B824D40B8B52F" box="[430,506,512,538]" name="Sudan" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Sudan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFD90824D4321B52F" box="[517,611,512,538]" name="Uganda" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Uganda</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFDFA824D439AB52F" box="[623,728,512,538]" name="Tanzania" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
and northern
<collectingCountry id="57C67644FF9BFFBCFCE9824D4294B52F" box="[892,982,512,538]" name="Zambia" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Zambia</collectingCountry>
below 1000 metres
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFB2A824D44D4B52C" box="[1215,1430,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFAAF824D44D4B52C" box="[1338,1430,512,537]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="emini">L.emini</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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22a. A white patch below tail tip; total length/diameter ratio 6277
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFC2A82654477B574" box="[959,1333,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
............................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFB1A82654477B574" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1167,1333,552,577]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aethiopicus" status="sp. nov.">L. aethiopicus</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFAA9826A44DBB574" bold="true" box="[1340,1433,551,577]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFF9BFFBCFAA9826A44DBB574" box="[1340,1433,551,577]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</keyLead>
</paragraph>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02821D44D6B55C" box="[151,1428,591,618]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
22b. No white patch below tail tip; total length/diameter ratio 4455
<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFC5B821D4471B55C" box="[974,1331,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
..............................
<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFB3B821D4471B55C" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1198,1331,592,617]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="keniensis" status="sp. nov.">L. keniensis</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="1DA5EAC6FF9BFFBCFAAD820244D6B55C" bold="true" box="[1336,1428,591,617]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="069657BDFF9BFFBCFAAD820244D6B55C" box="[1336,1428,591,617]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF02823544DBB5A4" box="[151,1433,631,658]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
23a. Pale brown above, head darker, tail with a black tip; white below
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF0282ED44DBB58F" box="[151,1433,672,698]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">23b. Dark brown to black above and below .................................................................................................. 24</keyLead>
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24a. Ten scale rows on tail
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<keyLead id="942095E1FF9BFFBCFF0282BD44DBB43F" box="[151,1433,752,778]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">24b. Twelve scale rows on tail ....................................................................................................................... 25</keyLead>
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25a. Range: northern shores of Lake Tanganyika and Ruzizi valley
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<taxonomicName id="E8D14D57FF9BFFBCFA9C835544DBB404" baseAuthorityName="Sternfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[1289,1433,792,817]" class="Reptilia" family="Leptotyphlopidae" genus="Leptotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">L. latirostris</taxonomicName>
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25b. Range: southern
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and eastern
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