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in a locality at low altitude situated in the western part of the island.
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As stated by
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF400FB511787FB75" author="Schatti" box="[352,687,1238,1262]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Schatti, B. &amp; Desvoignes, A. (1999) The herpetofauna of Southern Yemen and the Sokotra Archipelago. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis IV, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneve, 178 pp." type="book" year="1999">Schätti &amp; Desvoignes (1999)</bibRefCitation>
the drawings in the paper by
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF170FB511189FB75" author="Hahn" box="[1040,1185,1238,1262]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Hahn, D. E. (1978) A brief review of the genus Leptotyphlops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) of Asia, with description of new species. Journal of Herpetology, 12, 477 - 489." type="journal article" year="1978">Hahn (1978)</bibRefCitation>
are quite misleading; these drawings were reproduced by
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF751FB7D16ADFA89" author="Rosler" box="[561,901,1274,1298]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Rosler, H. &amp; Wranik, W. (2003) Reptilia (Reptiles). In: Wranik, W. (Ed.), Fauna of the Socotra Archipelago. Field guide. Universitat Rostock, Rostock, 121 - 151 + pls. 63 - 92." type="book chapter" year="2003">Rösler &amp; Wranik (2003: 144)</bibRefCitation>
.
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compared the
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of the species to few specimens held in the collections of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (Bonn) and noted that one specimen presented a larger total length, higher number of dorsal scales and smaller diameter at midbody.
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF5A5FA0D1400FA38" bold="true" box="[197,296,1418,1443]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Habitat.</emphasis>
We found two specimens under palm leaves on rough soil in a palm grove.
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF5A5FA291445FA5C" bold="true" box="[197,365,1454,1479]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Original data.</emphasis>
Fig. 27. Qeysoh.
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF5A5FA551483FA70" bold="true" box="[197,427,1490,1515]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Bibliographic data.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF4D2FA551752FA71" author="Boulenger" box="[434,634,1490,1514]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1899) The expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of new species of reptiles. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, 2, 4 - 7." type="journal article" year="1899">Boulenger (1899)</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF617FA5511B0FA71" author="Rosler" box="[887,1176,1490,1514]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Rosler, H. &amp; Wranik, W. (2006 a) The reptiles of the Socotra archipelago with special remarks on the slender blind snakes (Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops). In: Vences, M., Kohler, J. &amp; Bohme, W., (Eds), Herpetologia Bonnensis II. Proceedings of the 13 th Congress of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Bonn, 125 - 128." type="proceedings paper" year="2006" yearSuffix="a">Rösler &amp; Wranik (2006a)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF1C3FA551069FA71" author="Parker" box="[1187,1345,1490,1514]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Parker, H. W. (1949) The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra Islands. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 115 pp." type="book" year="1949">Parker (1949)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF5A5FA7114E9F994" bold="true" box="[197,449,1526,1551]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">General distribution.</emphasis>
Endemic to
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Island.
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF5A5F99C1411F9A8" bold="true" box="[197,313,1563,1587]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF45FF99D1743F9A9" box="[319,619,1562,1587]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Adalsteinsson, S. A., Branch, W. R., Trape, S., Vitt, L. J. &amp; Hedges, S. B. (2009) Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa, 2244, 1 - 50." type="journal article">
Adalsteinsson
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF483F99B1733F9A8" box="[483,539,1563,1587]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF71EF99C1651F9A8" box="[638,889,1563,1587]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">provisionally assigned</emphasis>
[the worm snakes of
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]
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF1AEF99B11CCF9A8" box="[1230,1252,1564,1587]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">to</emphasis>
[the new genus]
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,
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF454F9B91032F9CD" box="[308,1306,1598,1623]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">although their isolation on this Gondwana fragment may indicate deeper divergence</emphasis>
” but these authors never analyzed any
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF4AFF9E41746F9E0" box="[463,622,1635,1659]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Leptotyphlops</emphasis>
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from
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and based their conclusion only on the morphological data by
<bibRefCitation id="E93339A6CE72FFCFF5D9F90114F1F905" author="Rosler" box="[185,473,1670,1694]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Rosler, H. &amp; Wranik, W. (2006 a) The reptiles of the Socotra archipelago with special remarks on the slender blind snakes (Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops). In: Vences, M., Kohler, J. &amp; Bohme, W., (Eds), Herpetologia Bonnensis II. Proceedings of the 13 th Congress of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Bonn, 125 - 128." type="proceedings paper" year="2006" yearSuffix="a">Rösler &amp; Wranik (2006a)</bibRefCitation>
. In the absence of genetic evidence and in order to avoid taxonomic instabilty, we prefer to maintain the Socotran worm snakes in the genus
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE72FFCFF671F92C1698F958" box="[785,944,1707,1731]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Leptotyphlops</emphasis>
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pending further studies on Socotran specimens too.
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