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Liotyphlops argaleus DIXON & KOFRON, 1984

IUCN Red List - Liotyphlops argaleus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAnomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiotyphlops argaleus DIXON & KOFRON 1984: 261
Liotyphlops argaleus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 51
Liotyphlops argaleus — FREIRE et al. 2007
Liotyphlops argaleus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 397 
DistributionColombia (Cundinamarca)

Type locality: “La Selva, Cundinamarca, Colombia”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 66383 (in catalogue as 67933) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “An averaged sized Liotyphlops of about 200 mm in total length, distinguished from all other Liotyphlops, except L. anops, by having a total of four scales contacting the posterior edge of the prefrontal, rather than three or less. It differs from L. anops by having fewer than 534 dorsal scales, rather than 547 or more (L. anops), and by having five scales in the first vertical row (six in L. anops), and by having two scales bordering the posterior nasal (three in L. anops).” (Dixon & Kofron 1984) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek word “argaleos”, meaning troublesome, vexatious. 
References
  • Dixon J R; Kofron C P 1984. The Central and South American anomalepid snakes of the genus Liotyphlops. Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4): 241-264 [1983] - get paper here
  • FREIRE, E.M.X.; U. CARAMASCHI & A.J.S. ARGOLO 2007. A new species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1393: 19-26 - get paper here
  • Marra-Santos, Fidélis Júnio and Roberto E. Reis 2018. Two New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae), from Central and South Brazil. Copeia 106 (3): 507-514 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Silva Haad, J.J., Franco, F.L. & Maldonado, J. 2008. Una nueva especie de Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Scolecophidia, Anomalepidae) del sur de la Amazonia Colombiana. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 295 - 300
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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