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Key to East and Central African species of
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1a. Nasal divided, with nostril pierced laterally; rostral less than half width of head................
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF8A380C94DCFA6DF6F0FA4C" box="[1251,1429,1488,1513]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">L.uluguruensis</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFF8A380C90A8FA45F6FFF9B7" box="[151,1434,1528,1554]" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">1b. Nasal semidivided, with nostril pierced ventrally; rostral more than half width of head ........................... 2</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFF8A380C90A8F99DF6FFF99F" box="[151,1434,1568,1594]" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">2a. Ocular much larger than preocular, in contact with labials; dorsum strongly pigmented ........................... 3</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFF8A380C90A8F9F5F6FFF92F" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">2b. Ocular smaller than preocular, separated from labials by subocular; dorsum weakly pigmented or colour- less .............................................................................................................................................................. 5</keyLead>
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3a. Second supralabial overlaps preocular, which is half size of ocular; snout smoothly rounded ....
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFF8A380C9515F925F6F0F914" box="[1322,1429,1688,1713]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">L. obtusa</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFF8A380C90A8F97DF6FFF8A7" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">3b. Second supralabial does not overlap preocular, which is little smaller than ocular; snout bluntly or obtusely angular........................................................................................................................................... 4</keyLead>
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4a. Snout bluntly angular, without a keratinized cutting edge; frontal larger than supraocular; middorsals 460 or more;
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and western
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........................................................
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4b. Snout obtusely angular, with a keratinized cutting edge; frontal not larger than supraocular; middorsals 435 or fewer; southern
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.......................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFF8A380C94FBF835F651F804" box="[1220,1332,1928,1953]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="31" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jubana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B968EADDFF8A380C94FBF835F651F804" box="[1220,1332,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">L. jubana</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFF8A380C90A8F80DF6FFF86F" box="[151,1434,1968,1994]" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">5a. Snout rounded in profile; ocular subequal to subocular .............................................................................. 6</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFF8A380C90A8F865F6FCF857" box="[151,1433,2008,2034]" pageId="31" pageNumber="62">5b. Snout with angular horizontal edge; ocular usually smaller than subocular ............................................. 10</keyLead>
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB5383390A8FB3EF243FB3E" bold="true" box="[151,294,1155,1179]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Distribution of the
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB5383391C6FB39F1AFFB3E" box="[505,714,1156,1179]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">Letheobia somalica</emphasis>
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complex in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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6a. Scale rows 26-24-24; middorsals fewer than 360; Pemba Island.................................
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB538339495FB72F651FB4D" box="[1194,1332,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">L. pembana</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8FB4AF6FFFAB4" box="[151,1434,1271,1297]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">6b. Scale rows 24-22-22; middorsals more than 360 ........................................................................................ 7</keyLead>
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7a. Middorsals fewer than 400; length/diameter ratio 62 or less; coastal
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and
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..........................
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......................................................................................................................................
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8FAD2F6FFFA2C" box="[151,1434,1391,1417]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">7b. Middorsals more than 400; length/diameter ratio 62 or more ..................................................................... 8</keyLead>
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8a. Supraocular larger than frontal; middorsals 418433;
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Island
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........................................
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB538339514FA2AF6FCFA15" box="[1323,1433,1431,1456]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallida">L. pallida</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8FA02F6FFFA7C" box="[151,1434,1471,1497]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">8b. Supraocular smaller than frontal; middorsals 427487............................................................................... 9</keyLead>
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9a. Supraocular in contact with rostral; nasal suture arising from first supralabial; southern
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................. .....................................................................................................................................
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB538339496F9B2F650F98D" box="[1193,1333,1551,1576]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">L. toritensis</emphasis>
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9b. Supraocular separated from rostral; nasal suture arising from second supralabial; southwestern
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB5383394FDF9E2F651F9DD" box="[1218,1332,1631,1656]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">L. largeni</emphasis>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8F93AF6FCF904" box="[151,1433,1671,1697]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">10a. Second supralabial overlapping subocular .............................................................................................. 11</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8F912F6FCF96C" box="[151,1433,1711,1737]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">10b. No supralabial overlapping a superior head shield (rarely third supralabial overlaps subocular) ........... 13</keyLead>
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11a. Preocular contacts supraocular; subocular contacts ocular; middorsals less than 515
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB538339505F96AF6FFF955" box="[1338,1434,1751,1776]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wittei">L. wittei</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8F942F6FCF8BC" box="[151,1433,1791,1817]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">11b. Preocular contacts ocular; subocular contacts temporal; middorsals more than 540............................... 12</keyLead>
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12a. Length/diameter ratio less than 85
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB538339532F89AF6FCF8E5" box="[1293,1433,1831,1856]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">L. rufescens</taxonomicName>
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12b. Length/diameter ratio greater than 100
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB538339512F8F2F6FFF8CD" box="[1325,1434,1871,1896]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="debilis">L. debilis</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8F8CAF6FCF834" box="[151,1433,1911,1937]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">13a. Preocular more than half height of nasal; ocular separated from subocular by one or more temporals .. 14</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8F822F6FCF81C" box="[151,1433,1951,1977]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">13b. Preocular less than half height of nasal; ocular contacting subocular...................................................... 16</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30ED95FAFFB5383390A8F87AF6FCF844" box="[151,1433,1991,2017]" pageId="32" pageNumber="63">14a. Midbody scale rows 24; middorsals fewer than 625 ............................................................................... 15</keyLead>
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14b. Midbody scale rows 22; middorsals more than 625
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB43832951DFF25F6FFFF14" box="[1314,1434,152,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Letheobia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilis">L. gracilis</taxonomicName>
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15a. Preocular contacts supraocular
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB43832951DFF7DF6FCFF7C" box="[1314,1433,192,217]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kibarae">L. kibarae</taxonomicName>
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15b. Preocular separated from supraocular by ocular.........................................................................
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB43832951CFF55F6FFFEA4" box="[1315,1434,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="64">L. graueri</emphasis>
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16a. Midbody scale rows 24; rostral tapering posteriorly; colourless............................................
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<emphasis id="B968EADDFFB4383294C7FEADF6F0FE8C" box="[1272,1429,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="64">L. sudanensis</emphasis>
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16b. Midbody scale rows 18; rostral parallel sided; dorsum pale brown
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<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D4CFFB4383294F2FE85F6F3FEF4" box="[1229,1430,312,337]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Rhinotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbriciformis">L.lumbriciformis</taxonomicName>
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