2255 Author Broadley, Donald G. Author Wallach, Van text Zootaxa 2009 2009-10-08 2255 1 100 journal article 1175­5334 Afrotyphlops fornasinii (Bianconi) ( Fig. 4A ) Fornasini’s dwarf blind-snake Typhlops fornasini Bianconi, 1849a: 107 (incorrect original spelling). Type locality: “ Mozambico ” [= Mozambique ], collected by C. Fornasini , holotype MBI; Bianconi, 1849b: 203 ; Bocage, 1895: 64 , 1896a: 99 ; Branch 1986: 285 ; Wallach, 1993b: 33 ; Frank & Ramus, 1995: 253 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Typhlops fornasinii Bianconi, 1850a: 183 , pl. 6, fig. 1, 1850b in 1850–1870: 13, pl. 3, fig. 1; Jan, 1863: 12 , 1864: 17; Jan & Sordelli, 1864c: 4 , pl. 5, fig. 5, pl. 6, fig. 5; Peters, 1882: 94 , pl. 15, fig. 3; Boulenger, 1893: 38 , 1910: 497 ; FitzSimons, F., 1912 & 1919: 52; Werner, 1921: 313 ; Schmidt, 1923: 33 ; Barbour & Loveridge, 1929: 357 ; Rose, 1950: 252 , 1955: 74 , 1962: 320 ; Brynard & Pienaar, 1960: 31 ; FitzSimons, V., 1962: 65, fig. 4, 1966a: 37, 1970 & 1974: 65, 1978: 55; Isemonger, 1968: 81 , 1983: 84 ; Laurent, 1964: 421, 1968: 1; Broadley, 1973: 20 , 1978: 29, 1983: 40, fig. 4, 1998c: 385, 1990a: 40 & 377, fig. 4, 1990b: 485; 1992: 543; Roux-Estève, 1974: 146 , figs. 13.23 & 97, 1975a: 492, fig. 30; Broadley & Cock, 1975: 101 ; Bruton & Haacke, 1975: 26 , 1980: 262 ; Bourquin, 1977: 46 , 1989: 20 ; Hahn, 1977: 37 , 1980: 58 ; Poynton & Broadley, 1978: 941 ; Broadley & Blake, 1979: 10 ; Welch, 1982: 128 , 1994: 67 ; Hughes, 1983: 354 ; Haagner & Els, 1986: 20 ; Branch, 1986: 290 , 1988a & 1994: 47 , pl. 40, 1988b: 11, 1998: 54, pl. 40; Marais, 1992: 178 , 3 figs., 286, 2 figs.; Meirte, 1992: 22 ; Wallach, 1993a: 217 , 1993b: 33 , 1998a: 183 , 1998b: 370 ; Haagner, 1994: 34 ; Broadley & Kalk, 1995: 322 ; Mattison, 1999: 147 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 ; Webb et al., 2001: 559 ; Murphy, 2003: 552 ; Brogard, 2005: 115 ; Schneider et al., 2005: 116 ; Alexan- der & Marais, 2007: 52 , 2 figs.; Maritz & Alexander, 2009: 6 . Onychocephalus mossambicus Peters, 1854 , Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1854(11): 621. Type locality: “Insulae Mossambique et Anjoana” [= Mozambique Island and Nzwani , Comoro Islands ], syntypes MCZ 21007 (formerly ZMB 3948), ZMB 3949–50, 63441 (formerly ZMB 3949), collected by W.C.H. Peters, June 1843March 1847 (Anjoana syntype presumably lost fide Bauer et al., 2002: 161 ); Peters, 1855: 50 , 1882: 93 , pl. 15, fig. 2; Lichtenstein, 1856: 21 ; Günther, 1866: 25 ; Barbour & Loveridge, 1929: 310 ; Fitz- Simons, V., 1962, 66, 1966a: 38; Roux-Estève, 1974: 146 ; Hahn, 1980: 58 ; Bauer et al., 1995: 78 , 2002: 161; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Onychocephalus trilobus Peters, 1854 , Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1854(11): 621. Type locality: “Lourenzo-Marques, Inhambane ” [= Maputo and Inhambane , Mozambique ], syntypes MCZ 21006 (formerly ZMB 3917), ZMB 3915–16, collected by W.C.H. Peters, July–November 1846 ; Peters, 1855: 50 , 1860: 80 ; Lichtenstein, 1856: 21 ; Barbour & Loveridge, 1929: 310 ; FitzSimons, V., 1962, 65, 1966a: 37; Roux- Estève, 1974: 146; Hahn, 1980: 58 ; Bauer et al., 1995: 78 , 2002: 162; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Ophtalmidion (sic) mossambicus Jan, 1857: 43 . Onychocephalus tettensis Peters, 1860 , Mber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860(2): 80. Type locality: “Mossambique, Tette” [= Tete , Mozambique ], holotype ZMB 3944, collected by W.C.H. Peters, December 1844September 1845 ; Peters, 1882: 92 , pl. 15, fig. 1; Roux-Estève, 1974: 146 ; Hahn, 1980: 58 ; Bauer et al., 1995: 78 , 2002: 162; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) bianconii Jan & Sordelli, 1860: 1 , pl. 5, fig. 3, pl. 6, fig. 3. Type locality: “Mosambique,” by restriction of type locality by Jan, 1863: 13 , holotype MZUT fide Jan, 1864: 23 ( contra MSNM fide Jan & Sordelli, 1860: 1 ); Jan, 1863: 13 , 1864: 23; Hahn, 1980: 58 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Typhlops (Typhlops) fornasinii Jan, 1863: 12 ; Hahn, 1980: 58 . Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) mossambicus Jan, 1863: 13 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Typhlops bianconii Jan, 1863: 13 ; Roux-Estève, 1974: 146 . Typhlops mossambicus Jan & Sordelli, 1864c: 4 , pl. 5, fig. 3, pl. 6, fig. 3; Jan, 1864: 22; Peters, 1882: 93 , pl. 15, fig. 2; Boulenger, 1887:174 , 1893: 41 , 1908a: 227 , 1910: 498 , 1915b: 615 ; Bocage, 1896a: 99 ; Sclater, 1898: 97 ; Gough, 1908: 18 ; FitzSimons, F., 1910: 26, 1912 & 1919: 52; Sternfeld, 1908b: 242 ; Werner, 1921: 314 ; Schmidt, 1923: 33 ; Loveridge, 1924: 3 ; Essex , 1927: 925 , figs. 77–78; Barbour & Loveridge, 1929: 357 ; Pitman, 1938 & 1974 : pl. 1, fig. 1; Rose, 1950: 252 , 1955: 74 , 1962: 320 ; Brynard & Pienaar, 1960: 31 ; FitzSimons, V., 1962: 66, fig. 5, 1966a: 38, 1970 & 1974: 66, 1978: 56; Isemonger, 1962: 93 , 1968: 83 , 1983: 87 ; Laurent, 1964: 421; Pooley, 1965: 47 ; Hahn, 1977: 35 , 1980: 58 ; Welch, 1982: 128 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Typhlops tettensis Peters 1882: 92 , pl. 15, fig. 1; Boulenger, 1915b: 615 ; Werner, 1921: 314 ; Schmidt, 1923: 33 ; Broadley, 1961: 3 ; Hahn, 1980: 58 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 ; Brogard, 2005: 116 . Typhlops trilobus Peters 1882 , pl. 15, fig. 3. Typhlops tetensis (sic)— Bocage, 1896a: 99 . Typhlops mossombicus (sic)— Werner, 1921: 336 ; Hahn, 1980: 58 ; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 102 . Typhlops bianconi FitzSimons, V., 1966a: 38. Rhinotyphlops fornasinii Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 . Description. Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral broad and slightly pointed behind; frontal small, subhexagonal; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex between preocular and ocular; eye beneath or slightly behind the anterior border of the ocular; nasal often completely divided, the nasal sulcus arising from the first labial; SIP T-II-O (N2, P/O, O, O); MSR 22–26, reduction A/B 0 to 2, B/C 0–4; MD 232–286 (mean 260.7, n = 35); vertebrae 144–160 (mean 154.3, n = 24); MD/V ratio 1.52–1.77 (mean 1.69, n = 23); L/D ratio 28–45 (mean 33.6, n = 28). Dark grey to black, with irregular yellowish patches below, especially on throat and cloacal region. Largest specimen (PEM 12121—Shangwane, Zululand, South Africa ) has a total length of 185 mm . FIGURE 4. Dorsal, ventral and lateral views of the head of: A. Afrotyphlops fornasinii (MNHN 178—Mozambique, after Roux-Estève 1974 ). The lines represent 1 mm to scale. B. Afrotyphlops angolensis (MBL 1134—holotype, after Roux-Estève 1974 ). The line represents 1 mm to scale. C. Afrotyphlops kaimosae (MCZ 40060—holotype). Drawing by J. Boundy. The line represents 1 mm to scale. Distribution. Coastal Mozambique and its offshore islands, extending into southeastern Zimbabwe and northern KwaZulu-Natal, NSL- 65 m ( Fig. 14 ). Localities. MOZAMBIQUE . No precise locality MNHN 178 , 3213 ; Bazaruto Island NMZB 10002 , 11444 ; Benguerua Island NMZB 11395–97 ; Inhaca Island NMZB-UM 2301 ; Inhambane MCZ 21006 ( syntype of Onychocepphalus trilobus Peters ) ; Inharrime NMZB-UM 25586 ; Lourenco-Marques MCZ 41947 ; Magaruque Island NMZB 10012 ; Maputo NMZB 11931–32 ; TMP 4829 , 4831–35 , 4841 , 4843–47 , 4849–50 ; ZMB 3915–16 ; Matola CZL 1 ; Mauele CZL 1157–59 ; Maxixe SAM 44553 ; Mozambique Island MCZ 21007 ( syntype of Onychocephalus mossambicus Peters ) , ZMB 3949 (2) , 3950 ( syntypes of Onychocephalus mossambicus Peters ); Tete (?) ZMB 3944 ; Vundiça TMP 29461 . ZIMBABWE . Malugwe Pan , Gonarezhou National Park NMZB-UM 12329 . SOUTH AFRICA ( Kwazulu-Natal ). Mseleni TMP 4830 , 4836–38 , 4848 ; Shangwane , Tembe Elephant Park PEM 12119–21 , 12123 , 12173–77 ; Sibaya Research Station TMP 46022 ; Sodwara Bay Park TMP 46001 .