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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF9A381C90A8F8B5F2EDF887" bold="true" box="[151,392,1800,1826]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="46">Letheobia swahilica</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF9A381C90A8F897F39EF8E1" blockId="15.[151,493,1800,1900]" box="[151,251,1834,1860]" pageId="15" pageNumber="46">
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(
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B)
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF9A381C90A8F8EFF2BDF8C9" blockId="15.[151,493,1800,1900]" box="[151,472,1874,1900]" pageId="15" pageNumber="46">Swahili gracile blind-snake</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF9A381C90A8F820F26CF851" blockId="15.[151,1436,1949,2036]" pageId="15" pageNumber="46">
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF9A381C90A8F820F231F811" box="[151,340,1949,1972]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF9A381C90A8F820F231F811" box="[151,340,1949,1972]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="46">Typhlops pallidus</emphasis>
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– (not Cope)
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF9A381C91D2F820F1B1F811" author="Sternfeld" box="[493,724,1949,1972]" page="242" pageId="15" pageNumber="46" year="1908">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF9A381C91D2F820F1F8F811" author="Sternfeld" box="[493,669,1949,1972]" pageId="15" pageNumber="67" refString="Sternfeld, R. (1908 b) Zur Schlangenfauna Ostafrikas. I. Schlangen aus Sud-Abessinien. II. Schlangen aus Britisch- Ostafrika. III. Schlangen aus Portugiesisch-Ostafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 4 (1), 236 - 247." type="journal article" year="1908" yearSuffix="b">Sternfeld 1908b</bibRefCitation>
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: 242
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, 1910: 12 (part); Boulenger 1915: 616 (part);
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF9A381C94F8F820F6F9F811" author="Loveridge" box="[1223,1436,1949,1972]" page="82" pageId="15" pageNumber="46" year="1916">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF9A381C94F8F820F613F811" author="Loveridge" box="[1223,1398,1949,1972]" pageId="15" pageNumber="66" refString="Loveridge, A. (1916) Report on the collection of Ophidia in the Society's Museum. The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society (Nairobi), 5 (10), 76 - 87." type="journal article" year="1916">Loveridge 1916</bibRefCitation>
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: 82
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(part), 1924: 4 (part), 1936: 227;
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF9A381C9217F800F182F871" author="Werner" box="[552,743,1981,2004]" page="330" pageId="15" pageNumber="46" year="1921">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF9A381C9217F800F1D0F871" author="Werner" box="[552,693,1981,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68" refString="Werner, F. (1921) Synopsis der Schlangenfamilie der Typhlopiden auf Grund des Boulenger'schen Schlangenkatalogs (1893 - 1896). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (Berlin), 87 A (7), 266 - 338." type="journal article" year="1921">Werner 1921</bibRefCitation>
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: 330
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(part);
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF9A381C9308F800F773F871" author="Loveridge" box="[823,1046,1981,2004]" page="244" pageId="15" pageNumber="46" year="1957">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF9A381C9308F800F081F871" author="Loveridge" box="[823,996,1981,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="66" refString="Loveridge, A. (1957) Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of East Africa (Uganda; Kenya; Tanganyika; Zanzibar). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College (Cambridge), 117 (2), 151 - 362 + i - xxxvi." type="journal article" year="1957">Loveridge 1957</bibRefCitation>
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: 244
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</treatmentCitation>
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(part);
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF9A381C9459F800F6F9F871" author="Broadley" box="[1126,1436,1981,2004]" page="21" pageId="15" pageNumber="46" year="1991">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF9A381C9459F800F612F871" author="Broadley" box="[1126,1399,1981,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="65" refString="Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. (1991) A checklist of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus (Bulawayo), (1), 1 - 70." type="journal article" year="1991">Broadley & Howell 1991</bibRefCitation>
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: 21
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(part).
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390A8FF25F0BEFF6A" blockId="16.[151,1436,152,207]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB0C11E1FF85380390A8FF25F0BEFF6A" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390A8FF25F2C2FF0A" box="[151,423,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF85380390A8FF25F2F5FF0A" box="[151,400,152,175]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus">Rhinotyphlops pallidus</taxonomicName>
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–
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF853803918EFF25F1D0FF0A" author="Roux-Esteve" box="[433,693,152,175]" page="217" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" year="1974">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF853803918EFF25F118FF0A" author="Roux-Esteve" box="[433,637,152,175]" pageId="16" pageNumber="67" refString="Roux-Esteve, R. (1974). Revision systematique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique: Reptilia - Serpentes. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), (N. S.) (A, Zoologie), 87, 1 - 313." type="journal article" year="1974">Roux-Estève 1974</bibRefCitation>
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: 217
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</treatmentCitation>
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, 1975: 445 (part);
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF85380393B9FF25F756FF0A" author="Spawls" box="[902,1075,152,175]" page="2" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" year="1978">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF85380393B9FF25F773FF0A" author="Spawls" box="[902,1046,152,175]" pageId="16" pageNumber="67" refString="Spawls, S. (1978) A checklist of the snakes of Kenya. The Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum (Nairobi), 31 (167), 1 - 18." type="journal article" year="1978">Spawls 1978</bibRefCitation>
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: 2
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</treatmentCitation>
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;
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF853803947DFF25F66BFF0A" author="Hughes" box="[1090,1294,152,175]" page="354" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" year="1983">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF853803947DFF25F7B0FF0A" author="Hughes" box="[1090,1237,152,175]" pageId="16" pageNumber="66" refString="Hughes, B. (1983) African snake faunas. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage (Bonn), 34 (1 - 3), 311 - 356." type="journal article" year="1983">Hughes 1983</bibRefCitation>
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: 354
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</treatmentCitation>
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;
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF8538039523FF25F2F5FF6A" author="Broadley" page="45" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" year="1996">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF8538039523FF25F20DFF6A" author="Broadley" pageId="16" pageNumber="65" refString="Broadley, D. G. & Broadley, S. (1996) Geographical Distribution: Serpentes, Typhlopidae. Rhinotyphlops pallidus (Cope). African Herp News (Durban North), (25), 45." type="journal article" year="1996">Broadley & Broadley 1996</bibRefCitation>
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: 45
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</treatmentCitation>
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;
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF85380391A4FF05F1FCFF6A" author="Spawls" box="[411,665,184,207]" page="295" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" year="2002">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF85380391A4FF05F101FF6A" author="Spawls" box="[411,612,184,207]" pageId="16" pageNumber="67" refString="Spawls, S., Howell, K. M., Drewes, R. C. & Ashe, J. (2002) A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Academic Press, San Diego, 543 pp." type="book" year="2002">
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Spawls
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380391D0FF05F141FF6A" box="[495,548,184,207]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
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2002
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</bibRefCitation>
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: 295
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</treatmentCitation>
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;
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<treatmentCitation id="0ABD10DEFF853803929BFF05F0F7FF6A" author="Spawls" box="[676,914,184,207]" page="92" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" year="2006">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF853803929BFF05F008FF6A" author="Spawls" box="[676,877,184,207]" pageId="16" pageNumber="67" refString="Spawls, S., Howell, K. M. & Drewes, R. C. (2006) Reptiles and amphibians of East Africa. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 240 pp." type="book" year="2006">
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Spawls
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380392C7FF05F04BFF6A" box="[760,814,184,207]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
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2006
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</bibRefCitation>
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: 92
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</treatmentCitation>
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(part).
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390A8FF42F275FEBC" bold="true" box="[151,272,255,281]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<typeStatus id="54A7886DFF85380390A8FF42F26EFEBC" box="[151,267,255,281]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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<collectionCode id="ED0DAE0AFF8538039124FEBDF23EFEBF" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" box="[283,347,256,282]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">MCZ</collectionCode>
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40076, a male from old village of Ngatana, ca. one mile northwest from new village of Wema, in the lower Tana River, Coast Region,
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF85380392EDFE95F07BFEE7" box="[722,798,296,322]" name="Kenya" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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(
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="EE285008FF853803939BFE95F76DFEE7" box="[932,1032,296,322]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" precision="925" value="40.25">40°15’E</geoCoordinate>
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, elevation
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<quantity id="4CE49B2AFF85380394B3FE95F7A8FEE7" box="[1164,1229,296,322]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" unit="m" value="50.0">50 m</quantity>
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), collected by A. Loveridge,
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<date id="FFA2100FFF8538039121FEEDF2DBFECF" box="[286,446,336,362]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" value="1934-06-14">14 June 1934</date>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FECAF210FE47" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FECAF22EFE34" bold="true" box="[199,331,375,401]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<typeStatus id="54A7886DFF85380390F8FECAF222FE34" box="[199,327,375,401]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<collectionCode id="ED0DAE0AFF853803916AFEC5F2F0FE37" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" box="[341,405,376,402]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">MCZ</collectionCode>
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40075, 40077-78 with the same data as the
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<typeStatus id="54A7886DFF853803938DFEC5F779FE37" box="[946,1052,376,402]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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;
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<collectionCode id="ED0DAE0AFF8538039414FEC5F70EFE37" box="[1067,1131,376,402]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">ZMB</collectionCode>
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21150, 62069 Takaungu,
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF85380390A8FE1DF382FE1F" box="[151,231,416,442]" name="Kenya" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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; NMK-S/3947 Mazeras,
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF8538039221FE1DF10BFE1F" box="[542,622,416,442]" name="Kenya" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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;
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<collectionCode id="ED0DAE0AFF8538039240FE1DF1DAFE1F" box="[639,703,416,442]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">ZMB</collectionCode>
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25866
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Coast;
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<collectionCode id="ED0DAE0AFF85380393D0FE1DF721FE1F" box="[1007,1092,416,442]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/s56f-0167" name="National Museum of Zimbabwe" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">NMZB</collectionCode>
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14290 Kwamarimba Forest Reserve,
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF853803913BFE75F214FE47" box="[260,369,456,482]" name="Tanzania" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3066544FF85380390F8FE52F0D1FD97" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FE52F0D1FD97" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FE52F222FDAC" bold="true" box="[199,327,495,521]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Closely related to
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF8538039214FE4DF066FDAC" box="[555,771,496,521]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF8538039214FE4DF19AFDAC" box="[555,767,496,521]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallida">Letheobia pallida</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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distinguished by its more robust build (length/diameter ratio 49–62 vs 62–82) and fewer middorsals (376–392 vs 418–433).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3066544FF85380390F8FD82F70FFC87" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FD82F1A3FD5F" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FD82F23AFDFC" bold="true" box="[199,351,575,601]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Description.</emphasis>
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Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral very broad, truncated posteriorly; frontal crescentic; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex between nasal and ocular, the latter separated from the lip by a large subocular; eye usually not visible, but visible beneath the nasal/ocular sulcus in NMZB 14290; nasal suture arising from second labial;
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF85380391E7FD05F167FD77" box="[472,514,696,722]" name="Cyprus" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">SIP</collectingCountry>
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X (N1, P, O, O); scale rows 24-22-22; MD 376–392; vertebrae 235–260; MD/ V ratio 1.56–1.62; L/D ratio 49–62. Colourless.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FCBAF70FFC87" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" box="[199,1130,775,802]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FCBAF265FC84" bold="true" box="[199,256,775,801]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Size.</emphasis>
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Largest specimen (ZMB 25866 –
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF85380392ACFCB5F19EFC87" box="[659,763,776,802]" name="Tanzania" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Zanzibar</collectingCountry>
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Coast)
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<quantity id="4CE49B2AFF8538039368FCB5F0DDFC87" box="[855,952,776,802]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" unit="mm" value="190.0">190 mm</quantity>
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in total length.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3066544FF85380390F8FC92F70BFB9F" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FC92F7AFFCEF" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" box="[199,1226,815,842]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FC92F236FCEC" bold="true" box="[199,339,815,841]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Etymology.</emphasis>
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Named for the Swahili people of the coastal strip opposite
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF8538039434FC8DF716FCEF" box="[1035,1139,816,842]" name="Tanzania" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Zanzibar</collectingCountry>
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Island.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FCEAF70BFB9F" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FCEAF24BFCD4" bold="true" box="[199,302,855,881]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Coastal forest and environs. The Ngatana series was taken “under vegetable debris heaped along banks of a rice swamp” (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF85380391F8FC3DF1F4FC3F" author="Loveridge" box="[455,657,896,922]" pageId="16" pageNumber="66" refString="Loveridge, A. (1936) Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in eastern Africa. V. Reptiles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College (Cambridge), 79 (5), 209 - 337, Pls. 1 - 9." type="journal article" year="1936">Loveridge, 1936</bibRefCitation>
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). NMZB 14290 was taken in scrub woodland (old shamba land) which was forested within the last 20 years (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF853803929FFC15F08FFC67" author="Broadley" box="[672,1002,936,962]" pageId="16" pageNumber="65" refString="Broadley, D. G. & Broadley, S. (1996) Geographical Distribution: Serpentes, Typhlopidae. Rhinotyphlops pallidus (Cope). African Herp News (Durban North), (25), 45." type="journal article" year="1996">Broadley & Broadley, 1996</bibRefCitation>
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). One specimen collected under vegetation debris within
|
||
<quantity id="4CE49B2AFF85380391A8FC6DF2B1FC4F" box="[407,468,976,1002]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" unit="cm" value="5.0">5 cm</quantity>
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of the soil surface at the bottom of a valley filled with coconut palms, mangos, bananas, sugarcane, and
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF8538039183FC45F298FBB4" box="[444,509,1016,1041]" class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B968EADDFF8538039183FC45F298FBB4" box="[444,509,1016,1041]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Ficus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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trees. Although the slopes of the valley were covered with xeric vegetation, it had rained recently and the ground was moderately wet (D. J. Gower, pers. comm.).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3066544FF85380390F8FBFAF1E6FAA7" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FBFAF702FBC7" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" box="[199,1127,1095,1122]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FBFAF202FBC4" bold="true" box="[199,359,1095,1121]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Distribution.</emphasis>
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||
Coastal areas of
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||
<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF853803920EFBF5F118FBC7" box="[561,637,1096,1122]" name="Kenya" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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and northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF853803931EFBF5F0E8FBC7" box="[801,909,1096,1122]" name="Tanzania" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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,
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||
<quantity id="4CE49B2AFF85380393A6FBF5F097FBC7" box="[921,1010,1096,1122]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="0.0" pageId="16" pageNumber="47" unit="m" value="25.0" valueMax="50.0" valueMin="0.0">0–50 m</quantity>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13272A4AFF853803943DFBF5F73CFBC7" box="[1026,1113,1096,1122]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="29.[151,255,1699,1723]" captionTargetBox="[269,1322,196,1675]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[264,1323,194,1676]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 10. Distribution of the East African species of Letheobia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/177288/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA336CFFF85380390F8FBD2F1E6FAA7" blockId="16.[151,1437,255,1282]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF85380390F8FBD2F223FB2C" bold="true" box="[199,326,1135,1161]" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Localities.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF8538039172FBCDF2D0FB2F" box="[333,437,1136,1162]" name="Kenya" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">KENYA</collectingCountry>
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||
. Mazeras at Bonje village, Kilifi District NMK-S/3947;
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||
<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF853803947AFBCDF7DCFB2F" box="[1093,1209,1136,1162]" name="Kenya" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Mombasa</collectingCountry>
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(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF85380394F8FBCDF6EAFB2F" author="Loveridge" box="[1223,1423,1136,1162]" pageId="16" pageNumber="66" refString="Loveridge, A. (1916) Report on the collection of Ophidia in the Society's Museum. The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society (Nairobi), 5 (10), 76 - 87." type="journal article" year="1916">Loveridge, 1916</bibRefCitation>
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||
); Ngatana (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF8538039136FB25F2AAFB17" author="Loveridge" box="[265,463,1176,1202]" pageId="16" pageNumber="66" refString="Loveridge, A. (1936) Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in eastern Africa. V. Reptiles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College (Cambridge), 79 (5), 209 - 337, Pls. 1 - 9." type="journal article" year="1936">Loveridge, 1936</bibRefCitation>
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||
) MCZ 40075-78; Takaungu (Sternfeld, 1908, 1910) ZMB 21150, 62029; Vipingo (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF85380390A0FB7DF227FB7F" author="Spawls" box="[159,322,1216,1242]" pageId="16" pageNumber="67" refString="Spawls, S. (1978) A checklist of the snakes of Kenya. The Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum (Nairobi), 31 (167), 1 - 18." type="journal article" year="1978">Spawls, 1978</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
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||
<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF8538039169FB7DF28AFB7F" box="[342,495,1216,1242]" name="Tanzania" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">TANZANIA</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Kwamarimba Forest Reserve (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF8538039362FB7DF7C7FB7F" author="Broadley" box="[861,1186,1216,1242]" pageId="16" pageNumber="65" refString="Broadley, D. G. & Broadley, S. (1996) Geographical Distribution: Serpentes, Typhlopidae. Rhinotyphlops pallidus (Cope). African Herp News (Durban North), (25), 45." type="journal article" year="1996">Broadley & Broadley, 1996</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) NMZB 14290;
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30B765FFF853803955AFB7DF3B4FAA7" name="Tanzania" pageId="16" pageNumber="47">Zanzibar</collectingCountry>
|
||
coast (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B3EFF853803911BFB55F2BEFAA7" author="Sternfeld" box="[292,475,1256,1282]" pageId="16" pageNumber="67" refString="Sternfeld, R. (1910) Die Schlangen Deutsch-Ostafrikas. Die Fauna der deutschen Kolonien (Berlin), (3) 2, iv + 47 pp." type="book" year="1910">Sternfeld, 1910</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) ZMB 25866.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |