Telescopus geniezi RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CAMPBELL, CALVO, SPAWLS, VIDAL & MEIRI, 2025
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Telescopus geniezi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Telescopus geniezi RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CAMPBELL, CALVO, SPAWLS, VIDAL & MEIRI 2025: 79 Telescopus obtusus — SCHLEICH et al. 1996 Telescopus obtusus — ŠMÍD et al. 2019 Telescopus obtusus — TRAPE 2023 Telescopus dhara obtusus — CROCHET et al. 2008 Telescopus dhara — SINDACO et al. 2013. Telescopus obtusus obtusus — GENIEZ 2018 Telescopus tripolitanus — VENCHI & SINDACO 2006 Telescopus tripolitanus — WALLACH et al. 2014 |
| Distribution | Algeria Type locality: Mertoutek, North Hoggar, Algeria (24.23°N, 5.54°E). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 42092, subadult male. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Telescopus geniezi is distinguished from all other species of Telescopus by the combination of the following characters: (1) 21 dorsal scales at anterior body; (2) 23 dorsal scales at midbody; (3) 15 dorsal scales at posterior body; (4) two anal scales; (5) two or three elongated temporal scales, subequal in length, elongated; (6) one pair of chin shields; (7) 249–253 (X = 251.0) ventral scales; (8) 74–79 (X = 76.5) subcaudals; (9) 264 dorsal scales; (10) 13–14 (X = 13.5) infralabial scales; (11) three dorsal scales in contact with parietal scale; (12) 13 temporal scales in contact with parietal scales; (13) presence of an apical pit on each dorsal scale distally; (14) dorsal head similar in colour to the dorsal body (light brown), with brown stripes from frontal to dorsal neck and from rostral to lateral neck; (15) ventral body cream; (16) dorsal body and tail with large dark brown blotches, delimited by light brown/cream transversal dorsal stripes, and flanks with two rows of smaller dark brown blotches, with light brown areas in between them; (17) lateral process of palatine absent; (18) maxillary nerve foramen in palatine absent; (19) palatine–pterygoid articulation overlap joint; (20) medial ridge of parietal absent; (21) posteriorly directed processes on the supraoccipital absent; (22) tip of parasphenoid acutely pointed; (23) anterior vidian foramen within basisphenoid; (24) 38.7%–46.6% relative length of anterior portion of skull; (25) 25.8%–46.7% relative length of dentary; (26) lamina fenestrated, vomer ring complete; (27) 10–12 + 2 maxillary teeth; (28) enlarged anterior and posterior maxillary teeth; (29) 9–10 pterygoid teeth; (30) 16–17 dentary teeth; (31) anterior border of both frontal bones with medial V-shaped indention; and (32) supratemporal bone not contacting parietal bone. (RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR 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 15269 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: 86 (Figure 38). |
| Etymology | Named after Philippe Geniez, French researcher at the Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, France, where he works with diversity and conservation of reptiles, mostly in North-West Africa. |
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