Gerrhopilus hades (KRAUS, 2005)

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhopilidae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Typhlops hades KRAUS 2005 Gerrhopilus hades — VIDAL et al. 2010 Gerrhopilus hades — WALLACH et al. 2014: 308
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province: NE end of Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago). Type locality: forest along Rupu River at Bibikea, 11.33537°S, 154.22470°E, 280 m elevation, Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BPBM 20819 (field tag FK 10449), adult male, collected by F. Kraus on 14 May 2004.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small, thin species of Typhlops having a rounded snout, distinct pupil in the eye, 18 scale rows throughout, 343 middorsal scales between the rostral and tail spine, T-V supralabial- imbrication pattern (for definitions of these patterns, see Wallach, 1993), one subocular scale, head glands evenly but sparsely dispersed among the anterior head scales but absent from the centers of the ocular and subocular scales, and anterior two-thirds of the eye covered by the preocular plate. Additional details (1969 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Typhlops hades is a member of the Typhlops ater species group and is characterized by having 18 scale rows, 343 middorsal scales, T-V supralabial-imbrication pattern, a distinct pupil, single subocular scale, and by lacking a presubocular scale. Its closest living relative is probably Typhlops inornatus, known from forested habitats on the nearby mainland of New Guinea. T. hades is known from only two specimens from northeastern Rossel Island, and it remains uncertain whether it occurs on adjacent islands of the Louisiade Archipelago.
Etymology	Named after the Greek god of the underworld, Hades.
References	Kraus, Fred 2005. New species of blindsnake from Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 591-59 - get paper here McDowell, S. B. 1974. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part l. Scolecophidia. Journal of Herpetology 8 (1): 1-57 - get paper here Vidal, Nicolas; Julie Marin, Marina Morini, Steve Donnellan, William R. Branch, Richard Thomas, Miguel Vences, Addison Wynn, Corinne Cruaud and S. Blair Hedges 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6: 558–561 - get paper here Wallach, V. 1996. Two new Blind snakes of the Typhlops ater species group from Papua new Guinea (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 3 (2):107-118. - get paper here 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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