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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFE1126F44D4EF9A95AEFC28" bold="true" box="[151,389,978,1004]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Afrotyphlops nanus</emphasis>
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)
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<paragraph id="8BF5606DFFE1126F44D4E85595E5FBF3" blockId="31.[151,490,978,1079]" box="[151,462,1053,1079]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Kenyan dwarf blind-snake</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF5606DFFE1126F44D4E8259509FB13" blockId="31.[151,1437,1133,1999]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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.
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</emphasis>
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.17.16, an adult male from
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,
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, southeastern
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(
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,
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,
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elevation
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). Collected by
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during construction of the
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about 1896.
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.
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</emphasis>
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<specimenCode id="DBECC816FFE1126F4504E8AD9622FB3B" box="[327,521,1253,1279]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">BMNH 1897.11</specimenCode>
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.17.17, an adult male with the same data as the holotype
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.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFE1126F4485E945956DFAE3" bold="true" box="[198,326,1293,1319]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Superficially resembling
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFE1126F463DE94597B0FAE2" box="[638,923,1293,1318]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Afrotyphlops angolensis</emphasis>
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, this small species differs externally in its oval rostral with pointed apex (round or sagittate with rounded or truncated apex in
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFE1126F4030E97D913AFA8A" box="[1139,1297,1333,1358]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">A. angolensis</emphasis>
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), low number of middorsals (287–291 vs
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East African
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFE1126F4768E91597E3FAB2" box="[811,968,1373,1398]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">A. angolensis</emphasis>
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) and light venter.
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Description (data on
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in parentheses).
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Snout-vent length 122 (115.5) mm, tail length 3 (2.5) mm, total length 125 (118) mm, midbody diameter 5.5 (4.4) mm, mid-tail width 3.8 (3.0) mm, tail/total length ratio 2.4% (2.1%), tail length/tail width ratio 0.8. Head wider than body, snout profile tapered in dorsal view, bluntly wedge-shaped in lateral view, dorsal rostral oval with pointed posterior apex, 0.6 X head diameter, ventral rostral broad and V-shaped, frontal hexagonal, supraoculars oblique, wedged between preocular and ocular on left, but not meeting preocular on right (ocular making narrow contact with nasal), parietals transverse, enlarged to width of four scales, no enlarged occipitals (all scales posterior to parietals small). Nasal shield semdivided, superior nasal suture horizontal and approximately 50% of nostril-rostral gap, inferior nasal suture contacting first supralabial, nasal lacking postnasal concavity, one preocular—narrower than ocular (?), large eye entirely beneath ocular shield, postoculars 3 on left, 2 on right, four supralabials, SIP T-X (N2, P, O, O). Apical spine small and thin.
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32-30-24 (30-30-26); MD 284–290 (mean 287.0,
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= 2); SC 10–11 (mean 10.5,
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= 2); L/D ratio 23–27 (mean 24.8,
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= 2). Dorsum with zig-zag brown stripes formed from pigmented outer edges of 15 middorsal and lateral scales rows. These stripes are thickest and darkest middorsally and gradually narrow and weakened laterally. Background colour of dorsum and venter light creamy-yellow. Snout yellow, with stripes commencing on nape. Venter immaculate. Largest specimen (BMNH 1897.11.17.16—
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) has a total length of
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.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE12504485ECAF9578FEC5" bold="true" box="[198,339,231,257]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The trivial name
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE12504665ECA09647FEC5" box="[550,620,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">nanus</emphasis>
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(Latin = dwarf) indicates that this may be the smallest species in the genus.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE12504485ED7F954CFE95" bold="true" box="[198,359,311,337]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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locality in southeastern
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,
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(
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<figureCitation id="13717CE8FFDE1250403BED7090FBFE96" box="[1144,1232,312,338]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="67.[151,255,1994,2018]" captionTargetBox="[161,1421,178,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-33@67.[151,1436,162,1990]" captionTargetPageId="67" captionText="FIGURE 12. Distributions by quarter degree cells of Typhlops and two species of Afrotyphlops in northeastern Africa." pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph id="8BF5606DFFDE12504485ED179799FEBE" blockId="32.[151,1436,152,537]" box="[198,946,351,378]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE12504485ED179506FEBD" bold="true" box="[198,301,351,377]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Habitat.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE1250457FED289619FEBD" box="[316,562,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Acacia-Commiphora</emphasis>
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deciduous bushland and thicket.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF5606DFFDE12504485EDCF94F2FE0E" blockId="32.[151,1436,152,537]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE12504485EDCF9519FE65" bold="true" box="[198,306,391,417]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Locality.</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation id="3B226A30FFDE12504579EDC094FEFE0E" collectionCode="BMNH" country="Kenya" location="Samburu" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" specimenCount="2" stateProvince="Samburu" typeStatus="holotype">
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<collectingCountry id="F35D20FDFFDE12504579EDC0958AFE66" box="[314,417,392,418]" name="Kenya" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">KENYA</collectingCountry>
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.
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<collectingRegion id="498EAE8FFFDE125045EEEDC0963DFE66" box="[429,534,392,418]" country="Kenya" name="Samburu" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Samburu</collectingRegion>
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<collectionCode id="ED5BF8A8FFDE1250465DEDC0965DFE66" box="[542,630,392,418]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">BMNH</collectionCode>
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1897.11.17.16–17 (
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<typeStatus id="54F1DECFFFDE12504722EDC097E2FE66" box="[865,969,392,418]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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and
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<typeStatus id="54F1DECFFFDE12504041EDC0904CFE66" box="[1026,1127,392,418]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFDE125040CCEDC09159FE65" authority="Broadley & Wallach, 2009" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" authorityYear="2009" box="[1167,1394,392,417]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Afrotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE125040CCEDC09159FE65" box="[1167,1394,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Afrotyphlops nanus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20D0104FFDE12504138EDC094E6FE0E" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF5606DFFDE12504485ED9F951EFDDD" blockId="32.[151,1436,152,537]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE12504485ED9F9500FE35" bold="true" box="[198,299,471,497]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Viscera.</emphasis>
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<collectingRegion id="498EAE8FFFDE12504577ED909575FE36" box="[308,350,472,498]" country="South Sudan" name="Lakes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">See</collectingRegion>
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<tableCitation id="C6C855D6FFDE12504524ED9095DFFE36" box="[359,500,472,498]" captionStart-0="TABLE 9" captionStart-1="TABLE 10" captionStart-2="TABLE 11" captionStartId-0="16.[151,241,151,175]" captionStartId-1="17.[151,241,151,175]" captionStartId-2="18.[147,233,516,538]" captionText-0="TABLE 9. Comparison of Rhinotyphlops and Megatyphlops. Data presented at mean (range) sample size. Visceral data presented as mensural characters (Sect. A), % SVL (Sect. B), or as ratios (Sect. C)." captionText-1="TABLE 10. Mean mensural characters of the viscera in African Typhlopidae (excluding Letheobia). (CUN = Typhlops cuneirostris, CAL = T. calabresii, PLA = T. platyrhynchus, FOR = Afrotyphlops fornasinii, ANG = A. angolensis, NAN = A. nanus, BLA = A. blanfordii, STE = A. steinhausi, BIB = A. bibronii, RON = A. rondoensis, GIE = A. gierrai, NIG = A. nigrocandidus, LIN = A. lineolatus, USA = A. usambaricus, SCM = A. schmidti, TAN = A. tanganicanus, PUN = A. punctatus, CON = A. congestus, ANO = Megatyphlops anomalus, SCL = M. schlegelii, MUC = M. mucruso, BRE = M. brevis, BOY = Rhinotyphlops boylei, LAL = R. lalandei, SCI = R. schinzi, BRA = Ramphotyphlops braminus). n = sample size, RLS = right liver segments, LLS = left liver segments, RTS = right testis segments, LTS = left testis segments, TTR = estimated number of tracheal rings, NTR = number of tracheal rings/10% SVL, TLg = tracheal lung foramina + niches, Clg = cardiac lung foramina + niches, Rlg = right lung foramina + niches. Distinctly high and low values are" captionText-2="TABLE 11. Comparative data for circulatory and digestive systems of African Typhlopidae (excluding Letheobia). Mean values as % SVL or ratio. SHY = sternohyoideus posterior tips, SHG = sternohyoideus-heart gap, H = heart length, HMP = heart midpoint, SAH = systemic arch junctions/heart length ratio, HLLG = heart-left liver gap, HRLG = heart-right liver gap, RL = right liver lobe length, LL = left liver lobe length, TLMP = total liver midoint, LL/RL = left liver/right liver ratio, LGBG = liver-gall bladder gap, LKG = liver-kidney gap, GBMP = gall bladder midpoint, TGMP = total gonad midpoint, TAMP = total adrenal midpoint, RK = right kidney length, LK = left kidney length, TKMP = total kidney midpoint, KVG = kidney-vent gap. Species abbreviations as in Table 10. Distinctly high and low values are highlighted in bold." pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Tables 9–11</tableCitation>
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for comparisons of visceral differences between
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFDE1250407CED90910FFE35" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" authorityYear="2009" box="[1087,1316,472,497]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Afrotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE1250407CED90910FFE35" box="[1087,1316,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Afrotyphlops nanus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and other
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<emphasis id="B93EBC7FFFDE125044D4EE48951EFDDD" box="[151,309,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A1BEEFFDE125044D4EE48951AFDDD" authorityName="Broadley & Wallach" authorityYear="2009" box="[151,305,512,537]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Afrotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Afrotyphlops</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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