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by S. Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, and Daniel McCallister.
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of the
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species group distinguished from other members of the group by a lack of pigment (except for the eyes). From
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it can be distinguished by a relatively smaller and differently shaped rostral (
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,
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A) and fewer dorsal scales (465–513 versus 578–579). The rostral of
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is narrower dorsally (RW1) and at the labial border (RW3) than that of its closest relative,
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E); RW1/RL1 = 0.74–0.77 versus
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is the most extreme all the species in the width of the upper arm of the anterior nasal: ANTNAS/RW1 = 0.40–0.64 versus
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. In its narrow rostral
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.
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is somewhat similar to
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, although its rostral is narrower (RW1/RL1, 0.74–0.77 versus 0.78–0.85) and straighter sided. Additionally,
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<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFE23FBBEFE0D2586" box="[395,409,1147,1172]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">T</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFE00FBBEFD842586" box="[424,528,1147,1172]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">anousius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFD03FBBEFD2D2586" box="[683,697,1147,1172]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">T</emphasis>
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||
.
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFD60FBBEFCBE2586" box="[712,810,1147,1172]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">epactius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in its lack of pigment with the latter having normally pigmented scale rows 9–11 (neckmidbody), its shorter tail (TL/TA 55–56 versus 40–48) and in being somewhat heavier bodied (TL/MBD 45–55 versus 55–58), and in having 24 scale rows (reducing at 2% TL) rather than 22 (no reduction).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C0FC0BD4FFA7FFDFFF6EFADEFB13278E" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8859585FFFA7FFDFFF6EFADEFB13278E" blockId="19.[151,1438,706,2012]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFF6EFADEFECE2426" box="[198,346,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Description:</emphasis>
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Snout rounded, not lobed. Rostral straightsided in dorsal aspect (RW1/RL1 0.74–0.77), not flared on apex or at labial border; no umbo. Preocular angle 105–126°, apex rounded; lower portion contacting labials 2 and 3 of upper labial series. Anterior nasal width as a proportion of RW1 0.40–0.64. OL 1/2 height, OS 0.22–0.24. The ocular below the eye is very narrow in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="575DE6FDFFA7FFDFFC51FA57FBF624BE" box="[1017,1122,1426,1452]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
, but not so narrow in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="575DE6FDFFA7FFDFFF3FFA7FFF6B24C6" box="[151,255,1466,1492]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
, a juvenile, which may not be typical, since head scale shape undergoes some ontogenetic change in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4FE623DCFFA7FFDFFF3FFA26FE9424EE" box="[151,256,1507,1532]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFF3FFA26FE9424EE" box="[151,256,1507,1532]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Typhlops</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Rostronasal pattern strongly divergent. Postocular 3–4 times higher than long. First parietal standard, spanning 2 scale rows (short on left side of USNM 564783). Second parietal present and similar in size to the first or absent. TL to
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||
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||
. TL/TA 55–56. TL/MBD 45–55. Middorsal scales 465–513. Scale rows 24 reducing to 22 very far anteriorly (9–12 ventral scales posterior to mental), roughly 2% TL. Coloration: completely lacking in pigment except for the eye and a few melanophores in the orbit.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C0FC0BD4FFA7FFDFFF6EF96EFACB27D6" box="[198,1375,1706,1732]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8859585FFFA7FFDFFF6EF96EFACB27D6" blockId="19.[151,1438,706,2012]" box="[198,1375,1706,1732]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFF6EF96EFEF427D6" box="[198,352,1707,1732]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Distribution:</emphasis>
|
||
Known only from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="575DE6FDFFA7FFDFFDC3F96FFD0A27D6" box="[619,670,1706,1732]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality, an extremely xeric ravine along the coast (
|
||
<figureCitation id="10DD44DAFFA7FFDFFB53F96FFAC527D6" box="[1275,1361,1706,1732]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="18.[151,255,865,889]" captionTargetBox="[266,1321,437,838]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[266,1321,437,839]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 11. Geographic distribution of seven species of blindsnakes (Typhlops) in Cuba. Closed triangles = T. perimychus, closed hexagons = T. arator, open circle = T. anousius, closed circle = T. notorachius, open square = T. contorhinus, open triangle = T. anchaurus, closed square = T. satelles." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175424/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C0FC0BD4FFA7FFDFFF6EF916FF4D2606" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph id="8859585FFFA7FFDFFF6EF916FF4D2606" blockId="19.[151,1438,706,2012]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFF6EF916FED927FE" box="[198,333,1747,1772]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Etymology:</emphasis>
|
||
From the Greek,
|
||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFD89F916FD1D27FE" box="[545,649,1747,1772]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">anousios</emphasis>
|
||
, meaning without substance, ghostly, in reference to its lack of pigment.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C0FC0BD4FFA7FFD8FF6EF8E6FDD221A0" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8859585FFFA7FFD8FF6EF8E6FDD221A0" blockId="19.[151,1438,706,2012]" lastBlockId="20.[151,582,152,178]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFF6EF8E6FED8262E" box="[198,332,1827,1852]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Comments:</emphasis>
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||
The unusual lack of pigment in this species apparently is not related to its small size, in that the four specimens of
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFE04F88EFDC12676" box="[428,597,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">T. perimychus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that are smaller than the
|
||
<typeStatus id="575DE6FDFFA7FFDFFC3FF88FFC682676" box="[919,1020,1866,1892]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4FE623DCFFA7FFDFFB84F88EFB202676" box="[1068,1204,1867,1892]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anousius">
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFB84F88EFB202676" box="[1068,1204,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">T. anousius</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are all pigmented. Although this species is most closely related to
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="BA92844DFFA7FFDFFD66F8B6FCE0269E" box="[718,884,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">T. perimychus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(confirmed by DNA sequence evidence; S. B. Hedges, unpublished) and the two species are separated by only
|
||
<quantity id="4F1EF5BAFFA7FFDFFC27F85FFC4E26A6" box="[911,986,1946,1972]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="km" value="18.0">18 km</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="10DD44DAFFA7FFDFFC42F85FFBD426A6" box="[1002,1088,1946,1972]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="18.[151,255,865,889]" captionTargetBox="[266,1321,437,838]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[266,1321,437,839]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 11. Geographic distribution of seven species of blindsnakes (Typhlops) in Cuba. Closed triangles = T. perimychus, closed hexagons = T. arator, open circle = T. anousius, closed circle = T. notorachius, open square = T. contorhinus, open triangle = T. anchaurus, closed square = T. satelles." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175424/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
|
||
), their degree of morphological divergence (see diagnostic traits above) suggests that they are different species, and this is further supported by their sequence divergence.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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