Cubatyphlops satelles (THOMAS & HEDGES, 2007)
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Cubatyphlops satelles
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cienfuegos Blindsnake |
| Synonym | Typhlops satelles THOMAS & HEDGES 2007: Cubatyphlops satelles — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops satelles — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Cubatyphlops satelles — NAGY et al. 2015 Typhlops satelles — WALLACH et al. 2014: 771 |
| Distribution | Cuba (public beach, 0 m elevation, east of the inlet to the Bahia de Cienfuegos). Type locality: Rancho Luna, about 12 km airline S Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, in south-central Cuba. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SMF 61303,collected on 22 April 1966 by Z. Vogel. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A slender and moderately large Typhlops of the T. biminiensis group. It differs from T. biminiensis in having a smaller rostral (Fig. 10A) with an acuminate posterior edge (Fig. 8K), a relatively short naris-eye distance (Fig. 10B), a more slender body (TL/MBD 62–75 versus 39–51), and scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 50%. It differing from all other Cuban species of the group in having a more broadly rounded rostral scale in dorsal aspect that narrows less as it proceeds over the apex of the snout (Fig. 8K), and in its low rostral indent (Fig. 10F). Additionally, it differs from T. perimychus in having a greater number of middorsal scales (514–527 versus 453–496), scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 50%, and a more slender body (TL/MBD 62–75 versus 41–59). From T. arator it differs in being more slender (TL/MBD 62–75 versus 51–55), having a shorter tail (TL/TA 61 versus 46–48), having scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 34–41%, having 22–24 anterior scale rows instead of 26, having 22 posterior scale rows instead of 24, and having fewer middorsal scales (514–527 versus 578–579). From T. anousius it differs in being more slender (TL/MBD 62–75 versus 45–55), having scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 2%, having a wider rostral scale (Fig. 10E), and having a relatively smaller upper arm of the anterior nasal (ANTNAS/RW1 = 0.32–0.33 versus 0.40–0.64). From T. notorachius, it differs in being more slender (TL/MBD 62–75 versus 45–47), having scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 15–40%, and having a relatively smaller upper arm of the anterior nasal (ANTNAS/RW1 = 0.32–0.33 versus 0.42–0.53). From T. contorhinus, it differs in having scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 31%, having a relatively smaller upper arm of the anterior nasal (ANTNAS/RW1 = 0.32–0.33 versus 0.49), and lacking a rostral umbo. From T. anchaurus, it differs in having scale row reduction at 11% TL instead of 31%, and lacking a rostral umbo. |
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| Etymology | Satelles is Latin for guard or companion, a satellite, as Typhlops satelles may be regarded, also recalling the type locality. |
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