Helminthophis flavoterminatus (PETERS, 1858)

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Higher Taxa	Anomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yellowtail Blind Snake
Synonym	Typhlops flavoterminatus PETERS 1858: 402 Idiotyphlops flavoterminatus — JAN 1860 Helminthophis flavoterminatus — BOCAGE 1873: 252 Helminthophis flavoterminatus — BOULENGER 1893: 5 Typhlops mutilatus WERNER 1900: 196 Helminthophis flavoterminatus — AMARAL 1924: 25 Helminthophis flavoterminatus — ROZE 1959 Liotyphlops flavoterminatus — MEDEM 1969: 179 Helminthophis flavoterminatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 48 Helminthophis flavoterminatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 323
Distribution	N Colombia, NW Venezuela Type locality: Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela Type locality: “Caracas” [Venezuela]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: ZMB 1426-30 Lectotype: ZMB 56792 (formerly l5872), an adult male; paralectotypes: ZMB 15872, an adult female, ZMB 56793 (formerly of 15872), a juvenile, designated by Wallach & Günther 1997 [Typhlops mutilatus]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Praefrontals in contact behind the rostra!. Ocular.in contact with the 3d upper labial; 24 scale rows.
Comment	Synonymy: after Wallach & Günther 1997: 337.
References	Amaral, A. D. 1926. Studies of neotropical ophidia. III On Helminthophis flavoterminatus (Peters, 1857). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 39: 123-126 - get paper here Amaral, A. do 1924. Helminthophis. Proc. New England zool. Club 9: 25-30 Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp. Bocage, J. V. BARBOZA DU 1873. Reptiles nouveaux de l'interieur de Mossamedes. Jor. Sci. math. phys. nat. Lisboa 4: 247-253 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here Jan, G. 1860. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 1. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 9. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris [1864] - get paper here Lancini,A.R. & Kornacker,P.M. 1989. Die Schlangen von Venezuela. Armitano Editores C.A., Caracas, 1-381 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp. Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1858. Vier neue amerikanische Schlangen aus der Familie der Typhlopinen und darüber einige vorläufige Mittheilungen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1857 (August): 402 [1857] - get paper here Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1862. Ueber Typhlops flavoterminatus und Herrn Prof. Jan's Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, als Erwiederung auf dessen Bemerkungen in dem Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1861 p.7. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 28 (1): 35-47 - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates (1934): 1-14 - get paper here Señaris, J. Celsa; María Matilde Aristeguieta Padrón, Haidy Rojas Gil y Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic 2018. Guía ilustrada de los anfibios y reptiles del valle de Caracas, Venezuela. Ediciones IVIC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. 348 pp. Wallach, V. & R. Guenther 1997. Typhlopidae vs. Anomalepididae: The identity of Typhlops mutilatus WERNER (Reptilia: Serpentes). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 73 (2):233-342. - 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. Werner, F. 1900. Beschreibung einiger noch unbekannter neotropischer und indischer Reptilien. Zool. Anz. 23: 196-198 - get paper here
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