Afrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge)
Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, Van, 2009, 2255, Zootaxa 2255, pp. 1-100 : 36-37
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Afrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge)
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Rondo blind-snake
Typhlops tettensis rondoensis Loveridge, 1942 , Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 91(4): 256. Type locality: “Nchingidi, near Lindi, Rondo Plateau, southeastern Tanganyika Territory ” [= Tanzania] (9.600°S, 39.417°E, elevation 825 m), holotype MCZ 48066, collected by A. Loveridge, 5 May 1939; Barbour & Loveridge, 1946: 210; Loveridge, 1951: 187, 1956: 10, 1957a: 10, 1957b: 243, 1959: 38, 1960: 267; Isemonger, 1968: 81, 1983: 84; Hahn, 1980: 70; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 118.
Typhlops tettensis tettensis — (not Peters) Loveridge, 1959: 37 (part, Mihuru).
Typhlops rondoensis — Laurent, 1964b: 419; Roux-Estève, 1974: 136, figs. 13.21, 88 & 89, 1975a: 492, fig. 30; Hahn, 1977: 37, 1980: 70; Welch, 1982: 130, 1994: 75; Broadley & Howell, 1991: 21; Meirte, 1992: 22; Howell, 1993: tab. 9.1; Wallach, 1993b: 33, 1998a: 183, 1998b: 429; Frank & Ramus, 1995: 254; Mattison, 1999: 148; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 118; Spawls et al., 2002: 289, 2006: 92; Murphy, 2003: 553; Largen & Parker, 2004: 37; Brogard, 2005: 115.
Rhinotyphlops rondoensis — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167.
Description. Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral oval, narrow ventrally; frontal subhexagonal to subtrapezoidal; supraocular oblique, its lateral apex between nasal and preocular; eye in front of the upper posterior bor- der of the preocular; nasal sulcus arising from the first labial; SIP T-II-O (N2, P/O, O, O); MSR 22–26, reduction A/B 0–2, B/C 2–4; MD 312–379 (mean 339.2, n = 12); vertebrae 194–216 (mean 202.3, n = 9); MD/V ratio 1.60–1.84 (mean 1.70, n = 9); L/D ratio 33–41 (mean 38.8, n = 4). Dorsum blackish, with a large yellow spot at the apex of each scale, venter immaculate yellow. Largest specimen (MCZ 54510—Msinjiri, Tanzania) has a total length of 370 mm.
Distribution. Southeastern Tanzania, 375–620 m ( Fig. 13).
Localities. TANZANIA. Msinjiri MCZ 54510 ; Mtene LIVM 1959.89.13–14; MCZ 57187–88 View Materials ; Nchingidi MCZ 48066 (holotype of Typhlops tettensis rondoensis Loveridge ) , 48067–68 (paratypes of Typhlops tettensis rondoensis Loveridge ); Newala BMNH 1966.905 ; MCZ 57184–86 View Materials ; Rondo Plateau NMZB 9724 View Materials .
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Afrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge)
| Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, Van 2009 |
Rhinotyphlops rondoensis
| Broadley, D. G. & Wallach, V. 2000: 167 |
Typhlops rondoensis
| Spawls, S. & Howell, K. M. & Drewes, R. C. 2006: 92 |
| Brogard, J. 2005: 115 |
| Largen, M. J. & Parker, A. R. 2004: 37 |
| Murphy, J. B. 2003: 553 |
| Spawls, S. & Howell, K. M. & Drewes, R. C. & Ashe, J. 2002: 289 |
| Mattison, C. 1999: 148 |
| McDiarmid, R. W. & Campbell, J. A. & Toure, T. A. 1999: 118 |
| Wallach, V. 1998: 183 |
| Wallach, V. 1998: 429 |
| Frank, N. & Ramus, E. 1995: 254 |
| Welch, K. R. G. 1994: 75 |
| Wallach, V. 1993: 33 |
| Meirte, D. 1992: 22 |
| Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991: 21 |
| Welch, K. R. G. 1982: 130 |
| Hahn, D. E. 1980: 70 |
| Hahn, D. E. 1977: 37 |
| Roux-Esteve, R. 1974: 136 |
| Laurent, R. F. 1964: 419 |
Typhlops tettensis tettensis
| Loveridge, A. 1959: 37 |
Typhlops tettensis rondoensis
| McDiarmid, R. W. & Campbell, J. A. & Toure, T. A. 1999: 118 |
| Isemonger, R. M. 1983: 84 |
| Hahn, D. E. 1980: 70 |
| Isemonger, R. M. 1968: 81 |
| Loveridge, A. 1951: 187 |
| Barbour, T. & Loveridge, A. 1946: 210 |