Afrotyphlops calabresii (GANS & LAURENT, 1965)
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Afrotyphlops calabresii
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Calabresi’s blind-snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops cuneirostris calabresii GANS & LAURENT 1965: 54 Typhlops cuneirostris calabresi — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974 Typhlops calabresii — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009 Afrotyphlops calabresii — HEDGES et al. 2014 Madatyphlops calabresii — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Afrotyphlops calabresii — NAGY et al. 2015 Afrotyphlops calabresii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 345 Typhlops calabresii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 759 |
| Distribution | NW Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, E Kenya (elevation 200-1065 m) Type locality: “56 miles from Hargeisa, on Berbera road, Northern Territory, Somali Republic” [= 56 mi. NE Hargesia, Somalia]. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 74465, collected by C.F. Hemming, December 1961; paratypes: MCZ, BMNH |
| Diagnosis | Description in BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009. Diagnosis: “A race of T. cuneirostris characterized by 135 to 151 vertebrae and 258 to 230 vertebral scales arranged in 22 (exceptionally 20) rows around the trunk. Eight to 12, mostly 10, dark lines along the back, and a ratio of total length to body width of 18.2 to 31.1. Specimens seem to average slightly larger than those of the nominate subspecies.” (Gans et al. 1965) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Enrica Calabresi (1891-1944), “author of the earliest modern reviews of the Somali herpetofauna”. Note that Gans & Laurent literally said “Enrico”, so they either thought it’s a man or it’s a typo. Calabresi was Jewish and committed suicide before being deported to Auschwitz. |
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