Leptotyphlops pungwensis BROADLEY & WALLACH, 1997

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Leptotyphlopini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
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Synonym	Leptotyphlops pungwensis BROADLEY & WALLACH 1997 Leptotyphlops pungwensis — BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1999: 28 Leptotyphlops pungwensis — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 64 Leptotyphlops pungwensis — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Leptotyphlops pungwensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 369
Distribution	Mozambique (Pungwe Flats) Type locality: between Muda and Lamego railway sidings, Pungwe Flats, Mozambique (19°22'S: 34°22'E).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMZB UM 7251 (juvenile female). Collected by D.G. Broadley on 8 November 1963.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A Leptotyphlops of the scutifrons group (i.e. prefrontal fused with rostral; 10 scale rows round tail), differing from sympatric (scutifrons) and parapatric (conjunctus) species in its pale brown colouration, elongate wedge-shaped rostral and longitudinally bisected interparietal, whlch is followed by an enlarged inferoccipital. In its visceral anatomy this species differs from all other members of tlle scutifrons group, except L. sylvicolus of KwazuluiNatal, in its long hyoid and trachea, posteriorly situated heart and elongate right lung, vascularised for more than half its length. The wide gap between liver and gall bladder is not found in any other member of the group. Additional details (864 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Sympatry: L. longicaudus (Peters) and L. scutifrons (Peters). Known only from the holotype. Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	named after its type locality.
References	Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here Broadley D G. Wallach V. 1997. A review of the worm snakes of Mozambique (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) with the description of a new species. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10 (11): 111-119 Broadley, Donald G. & Broadley, Sheila 1999. A review of the Arican wormsnakes from South of Latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Syntarsus 5: 1-36 Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78 - get paper here Hahn D. E. & V. WALLACH, 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62 - get paper here Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - 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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