Typhlops lumbricalis

Domínguez, Michel, Fong, Ansel & Iturriaga, Manuel, 2013, A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from Northeastern Cuba, Zootaxa 3681 (2), pp. 136-146 : 144

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6161548

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB8790-EB0C-5071-FF5A-0C39FA5EFA22

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scientific name

Typhlops lumbricalis
status

 

Key to the Typhlops lumbricalis species group of Bahamas Islands, Cuba and Hispaniola

The T. lumbricalis species group includes seven species until date: T. lumbricalis , T. leptolepis , T. oxyrhinus , T. pachyrhinus , T. schwartzi , T. tetrathyreus , and T. titanops .

1. Single postocular........................................................... T. schwartzi (Eastern Hispaniola)

- Two postoculars....................................................................................... 2

2. Ogival and pointed snout in dorsal and lateral views, respectively..................... T. oxyrhinus (Southeastern Cuba) Rounded snout in both views............................................................................ 3

- Broad rostral in dorsal view (0.75–0.93 RWD/RLD).................................. T. pachyrhinus (Western Cuba) Narrow or seminarrow rostral in dorsal view (0.45–0.66 RWD/RLD)............................................. 4

3. Rostral tapering toward anterior tip in dorsal view; venter color pattern undifferenced from dark umber dorsum; head, neck, cloacal opening, and tail white spotted in ventral view.................. Typhlops leptolepis sp. nov. (Northeastern Cuba)

- Oval rostral or tapering weakly toward anterior tip in dorsal view; lighter venter than dorsum without white spots......... 5

4. Commonly single occipital on each side with same size than parietal; calyculate postnasal pattern.............................................................................................. T. tetrathyreus (Western Hispaniola)

- Single or two (usually) occipitals on each side, smaller than parietals; divergent or parallel postnasal pattern............. 6

5. Oval rostral with curved sides in dorsal view; divergent postnasal pattern............... T. lumbricalis ( Bahamas Islands)

- Oval rostral with parallel sides in dorsal view; parallel postnasal pattern................. T. titanops (Western Hispaniola)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Typhlopidae

Genus

Typhlops

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