Telescopus mazuchi RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CAMPBELL, CALVO, SPAWLS, VIDAL & MEIRI, 2025
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Telescopus mazuchi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Telescopus mazuchi RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, KOCH, FLECKS, CAMPBELL, CALVO, SPAWLS, VIDAL & MEIRI 2025: 73 Tarbophis obtusus — ANDERSON 1898 Tarbophis obtusus — BOULENGER 1909 Tarbophis guentheri — LÖNNBERG & ANDERSON 1913, Tarbophis obtusus — LOVERIDGE 1916 Tarbophis obtusus — SCORTECCI 1939 Tarbophis dhara — PARKER 1949 Telescopus dhara obtusus — LOVERIDGE 1955 Telescopus dhara obtusus — GASPERETTI 1988 Telescopus dhara obtusus — BAHA EL DIN 2006 Telescopus dhara obtusus — CROCHET et al. 2008 Telescopus dhara somalicus — SPAWLS 1978 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 |
| Distribution | Somalia Type locality: Hargeisa, Somalia (9.56°N, 44.07°E) |
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| Types | Holotype: NHM 1954.1.12.82, an adult male, collected at by W. E. Anwyl (Figs 31, 32). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Telescopus mazuchi is distinguished from all other species of Telescopus by the combination of the following characters: (1) 21 dorsal scales at the anterior body; (2) 23 dorsal scales at midbody; (3) 15 dorsal scales at the posterior body; (4) a single anal scale; (5) two elongated temporal scales, subequal in size and length or at least subequal in length, elongated; (6) one pair of chin shields; (7) 212–232 (X = 222.3) ventral scales; (8) 56–77 (X = 68.2) subcaudals; (9) 240 dorsal scales; (10) 10–11 (X = 10.3) supralabial scales; (11) 13 infralabial scales; (12) four dorsal scales in contact with parietal scale; (13) 10 temporal/post-temporal scales in contact with parietal scale; (14) presence of apical pit on each dorsal scale distally; (15) dorsal head similar in colour to the dorsal body (brownish grey); (16) ventral body cream; and (17) 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 13388 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 Tomáš Mazuch (1982, Pardubice), a Czech herpetologist based at the Mendel University in Brno. |
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