2255
Author
Broadley, Donald G.
Author
Wallach, Van
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-10-08
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journal article
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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 1843
–
March 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 1844
–
September 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
.