Typhlops kaimosae Loveridge, 1935 Pitman, 1938: 44 Uthmöller, 1941a: 40 Barbour & Loveridge, 1946: 209 Roux-Estève, 1974: 47 1975b: 56 Spawls, 1978: 1 Hahn, 1980: 50 McDiarmid et al., 1999: 90 Typhlops angolensis Roux-Estève, 1974: 47 Spawls, 1978: 2 2255 Broadley, Donald G. Wallach, Van Zootaxa 2009 2009-10-08 2255 1 100 (Loveridge) Loveridge 1935 [151,582,151,177] Reptilia Typhlopidae Afrotyphlops Animalia Squamata 31 32 Chordata species kaimosae  ( Fig. 4C)  Kakamegablind-snake     Typhlops kaimosae Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 79(1): 5. Type locality: “Kaimosi Forest, near Friends’ Africa Mission, Kakamega District, Nyanza Province, KenyaColony” [= Kenya], holotypeMCZ 40060, collected by A. Loveridge, 7 March 1934; Loveridge, 1936: 226, 1957b: 243, 1960: 267;  Pitman, 1938: 44;  Uthmöller, 1941a: 40;  Barbour & Loveridge, 1946: 209;  Roux-Estève, 1974: 47,  1975b: 56;  Spawls, 1978: 1;  Hahn, 1980: 50;  McDiarmid et al.,1999: 90.    Typhlops angolensis—  Roux-Estève, 1974: 47(part), 1975b: 56 (part);  Spawls, 1978: 2.   Description.Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral oval dorsally, moderate ventrally; frontal hexagonal; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex between preocular and ocular; eye visible beneath ocular adjacent to preocular border; nasal sulcus arising from first (right) or second (left) labial; nasal in contact with ocular inferiorly, excluding preocular from lip; SIP T-X (N-N-O-O). MSR28 with no scale row reductions; MD 390; vertebrae 215; MD/V ratio 1.81; L/D ratio 43. Dark brown above, scales lighter basally, not forming a lineate or punctate pattern, slightly lighter below. Length originally 215 mm, now 208 mm.  Habitat.Lowland rainforest.   Distribution.Known only from the holotype( Fig. 12).  Locality.  KENYA. Kaimosi MCZ40060 ( holotypeof  Typhlops kaimosaeLoveridge). MCZ 40060 [314,1201,858,884] MCZ Kenya Kaimosi 31 32 1 holotype