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Key to the species of
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in eastern and southern Africa
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB5123B44D4EADD91B0F968" box="[151,1435,1685,1708]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">1a. A subocular scale usually separates preocular from second and third labials............................................................ 2</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB5123B44D4EAF091B0F90B" box="[151,1435,1720,1743]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">1b. No subocular scale separating preocular from second and third labials..................................................................... 3</keyLead>
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2a. A blue-grey lineolate dorsal pattern, with or without superimposed black blotches; midbody scale rows 2628; middorsals 404463; Usambara Mt
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.............................................................................................................
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2b. Dorsum uniform black or blotched black and white; midbody scale rows 3034; middorsals 464542; Udzungwa, Ukaguru, and Uluguru Mts.
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...............................................................................................................
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3a. Middorsals less than 310; less than
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in total length....................................................................................... 4
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3b. Middorsals more than 310; usually more than
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in total length ...................................................................... 5
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4a. Midbody scale rows 2226; middorsals 232286; uniform grey-brown to black above and below, yellow patches below head and posterior venter
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.
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4b. Midbody scale rows 30; middorsals 287291; dorsum lineolate, venter immaculate......................
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5a. Preocular not contacting supralabials; dorsal scales in 28 rows throughout (no reductions caudally); inferior nasal suture arising from between first and second infralabials
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.......................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C4159EC9591B0FF30" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1935" box="[1306,1435,221,244]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kaimosae">A. kaimosae</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4ED4891B0FEFD" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">5b. Preocular contacting supralabials; dorsal scale rows with some reductions caudally; inferior nasal suture arising from first supralabial and/or rostral ........................................................................................................................... 6</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4ED0D91B0FE98" box="[151,1435,325,348]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">6a. Supraocular with lateral apex between ocular and preocular ..................................................................................... 7</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4ED2091BEFEBB" box="[151,1429,360,383]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">6b. Supraocular with lateral apex between preocular and nasal.................................................................................... 12</keyLead>
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7a. Ocular overlapped by second supralabial (T-0)
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...........................................................................................
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4EDE591B0FE00" box="[151,1435,429,452]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">7b. Ocular not overlapped by second supralabial (T-X) .................................................................................................. 8</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4ED9891B0FE23" box="[151,1435,464,487]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">8a. Preocular usually overlapped by second supralabial ................................................................................................. 9</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4EDBA91B0FDCD" box="[151,1435,498,521]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">8b. Preocular not overlapped by second supralabial ...................................................................................................... 11</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4EE5D91B0FDE8" box="[151,1435,533,556]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">9a. Eye beneath ocular................................................................................................................................................... 10</keyLead>
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9b. Eye beneath preocular or ocular/preocular border
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..................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C414FEE7091B7FD8B" authorityName="Laurent" authorityYear="1964" box="[1292,1436,568,591]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angolensis">A. angolensis</taxonomicName>
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10a. Midbody scale rows 2832; eye beneath ocular/preocular border; Ethiopian highlands
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.........................
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10b. Midbody scale rows 2628; eye beneath preocular;
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Basin forests .............................................
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11a. Dorsum heavily blotched with black, venter immaculate; midbody scale rows 2630; supraoculars transverse .......
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11b. Dorsum with lineate or punctate pattern, venter blotched or spotted like dorsum; midbody scale rows 3034; supraoculars oblique
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4EF6291B0FC85" box="[151,1435,810,833]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">12a. Preocular overlapped by second supralabial............................................................................................................. 13</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4EF0591B0FCA0" box="[151,1435,845,868]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">12b. Preocular not overlapped by second supralabial ...................................................................................................... 15</keyLead>
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13a. Midbody scale rows 3034; supraocular wedged between ocular and preocular; venter pigmented like dorsum ......
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4EFFD91B0FC08" box="[151,1435,949,972]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">13b. Midbody scale rows 2226; supraocular wedged between preocular and nasal; venter immaculate ..................... 14</keyLead>
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14a. Supraocular larger than frontal ..............................................................................................................
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFB2123C4149EF9091B7FC2B" box="[1290,1436,984,1007]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">A. rondoensis</emphasis>
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14b. Frontal larger than supraocular
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C4167EFB391B0FBD6" authorityName="Laurent" authorityYear="1956" box="[1316,1435,1019,1042]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmidti">A. schmidti</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4E85591B0FBF0" box="[151,1435,1053,1076]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">15a. Ocular overlapped by second supralabial (T-II) ....................................................................................................... 16</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4E80891B0FB93" box="[151,1435,1088,1111]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">15b. Ocular not overlapped by second supralabial (T-X) ................................................................................................ 17</keyLead>
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16a. Midbody scale rows 2632 [eye beneath ocular/preocular border; supraocular transverse]
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C4156E82B91B7FBBE" authorityName="Jan" authorityYear="1864" box="[1301,1436,1123,1146]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineolatus">A. lineolatus</taxonomicName>
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16b. Midbody scale rows 2224; [eye beneath ocular shield; supraocular oblique]
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C40ACE8CD91B7FB58" baseAuthorityName="Laurent" baseAuthorityYear="1964" box="[1263,1436,1157,1180]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Afrotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tanganicanus">A. tanganicanus</taxonomicName>
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17a. Dorsum heavily blotched with black; venter immaculate; midbody scale rows 2628
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C40B5E8E091B7FB7B" baseAuthorityName="Laurent" baseAuthorityYear="1964" box="[1270,1436,1192,1215]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Afrotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="usambaricus">A. usambaricus</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4E88291B0FB25" box="[151,1435,1226,1249]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">17b. Dorsum, and often venter, usually lineolate or spotted ........................................................................................... 18</keyLead>
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18a. Midbody scale rows 2632
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C4156E8A591B7FAC0" authorityName="Jan" authorityYear="1864" box="[1301,1436,1261,1284]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineolatus">A. lineolatus</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30BBC358FFB2123C44D4E95891B0FAE3" box="[151,1435,1296,1319]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">18b. Midbody scale rows 2226 ....................................................................................................................................... 19</keyLead>
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19a. Ocular overlapped (or nearly so) by second supralabial; SE
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFB2123C40ACE97B91B7FA8E" box="[1263,1436,1331,1354]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">A. tanganicanus</emphasis>
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19b. Preocular overlapped (or nearly so) by second supralabial; E
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, SE
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, N
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFB2123C4167E93091B0FA4B" authorityName="Laurent" authorityYear="1956" box="[1316,1435,1400,1423]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schmidti">A. schmidti</taxonomicName>
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