Telescopus crocheti RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CAMPBELL, CALVO, SPAWLS, VIDAL & MEIRI, 2025
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Telescopus crocheti
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Telescopus crocheti RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CAMPBELL, CALVO, SPAWLS, VIDAL & MEIRI 2025: 69 Tarbophis obtusus — BOULENGER 1895 Tarbophis obtusus — BOULENGER 1896 Tarbophis obtusus — BOULENGER 1897 Tarbophis obtusus — BOULENGER 1897 Tarbophis obtusus — BOULENGER 1909 Tarbophis obtusus — ANDERSON 1898 Tarbophis obtusus — LOVERIDGE 1916 Tarbophis obtusus — CORKILL 1935 Tarbophis obtusus — SCORTECCI 1939 Tarbophis dhara somalicus — PARKER 1949 Telescopus dhara — HUGHES 1983 Telescopus dhara — LANZA 1983 Telescopus dhara — LANZA 1990 Telescopus dhara — WERNER 1983 Telescopus dhara — WERNER 2016 Telescopus dhara — SCHÄTTI 1989 Telescopus dhara — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993 Telescopus dhara — DISI et al. 2001 Telescopus dhara — SCHLÜTTER 2006 Telescopus dhara — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010 Telescopus dhara — SINDACO et al. 2013 Telescopus dhara — EID 2021 Telescopus obtusus — SCHÄTTI & GASPERETTI 1994 Telescopus obtusus — SCHLEICH et al. 1996 Telescopus obtusus — GRAVLUND 2000 Telescopus obtusus — WALLACH et al. 2014 Telescopus obtusus — MAZUCH et al. 2018 Telescopus obtusus — ŠMÍD et al. 2019 Telescopus obtusus — TRAPE 2023 |
| Distribution | Somalia Type locality: Borama District, Somalia (9.94°N, 43.18°E), |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NHM 1955.1.11.40, adult female, collected by E. J. Van Inger (Figs 28A– E, 31). Paratypes (3): NHM 1955.1.11.41, adult male, collected in Borama District, Somalia (9.94°N, 43.18°E) by E. J. Van Inger (Fig. 28F–I); NHM 1949.2.2.75 (Fig. 28J–M) and NHM 1949.2.2.80, both adult males, collected at Haud, Somalia (8.95°N, 44.17°E) by R. H. Taylor. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Telescopus crocheti is distinguished from all other species of Telescopus by the combination of the following characters: (1) 19–21 dorsal scales at the anterior body; (2) 21–23 dorsal scales at midbody; (3) 14–15 dorsal scales at the posterior body; (4) two anal scales; (5) two elongated temporal scales, subequal in size and length, or at least subequal in length, elongated; (6) one pair of chin shields; (7) 204–242 (X = 224.3) ventral scales; (8) 65–85 (X = 74.9) subcaudals; (9) 230–240 (X = 236.0) dorsal scales; (10) 13 infralabial scales; (11) four or five (X = 4.2) dorsal scales in contact with parietal scale; (12) presence of an apical pit on each dorsal scale distally; (13) dorsal head similar in colour to the dorsal body (brownish grey); (14) ventral body cream; (15) dorsal body and flanks almost all homogeneous brownish grey. (Ribeiro-Junior et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 15462 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: for a map of localities see Ribeiro-Júnior et al. 2025: 69 (Figure 31). Synonymy: for synonyms and references see Ribeiro-Junior et al. 2025. |
| Etymology | Named after Pierre-André Crochet, a researcher at the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France. |
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