Argyrophis roxaneae (WALLACH, 2001)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Roxane’s Blind Snake |
Synonym | Typhlops roxaneae WALLACH 2001: 40 Typhlops roxaneae — COX et al. 2012: 33 Asiatyphlops roxaneae — HEDGES et al. 2014 Argyrophis roxaneae — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Typhlops roxaneae — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 151 Typhlops roxaneae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 770 |
Distribution | Thailand (vicinity of Bangkok) Type locality: “Thailand: Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province: Bangkok, Bangkok International School, 14°20’N, 100°20’E, elevation 1–2 m,” (in error). Corrected to Bangkok International School, Nonthaburi Prov., S Thailand, 13°54’N, 100°32’E, elevation 10 m, by Wallach et al. 2014. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 177984, subadult female |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Typhlops roxaneae can be distinguished from all Typhlops except T. siamensis by the following combination of characters: 20 midbody scale rows, T-V supralabial imbrication pattern, less than 330 middorsals, and tail length one-half its breadth, From T. siamensis, T. roxanede is identified by its deeply concave postnasal border, paired air chambers in the right lung, and absence of a left lung. (Wallach 2001) |
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