Leptotyphlops emini (BOULENGER, 1890)
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Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Leptotyphlopini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | Emin Pasha’s worm snake |
Synonym | Glauconia emini BOULENGER 1890 Glauconia emini — BOULENGER 1893: 64 Stenostoma emini — TORNIER 1896: 67 Glauconia monticola CHABANAUD 1916: 366 Leptotyphlops nigricans - SCHMIDT 1923 (fide ROUX-ESTEVE 1975) Leptotyphlops emini - LOVERIDGE 1933: 223 Leptotyphlops emini emini - LOVERIDGE 1941: 177 Leptotyphlops conjunctus conjunctus — BROADLEY & BROADLEY, 1976: 490 (part.) Leptotyphlops emini — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 29 Leptotyphlops emini — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 34 Leptotyphlops monticolus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 35 Leptotyphlops emini — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Leptotyphlops monticolus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 368 Leptotyphlops emini — WALLACH et al. 2014: 367 |
Distribution | S Sudan, south through W Uganda to W Tanzania, Kenya, E/S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), extreme N Zambia. monticolus: Type locality: Volcans de Kivori, Congo-Belge [= E. Kivu Region, Democratic Republic of Congo], elevation 1500 m. Type locality: Karagwe, Victoria Nyanza, Tanzania. Map legend: ![]() NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.87 (designated by BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007) Holotype: MNHN 1916.213, collected by Gromier and Le Petit, 1911 [monticolus] |
Comment | Synonymy: Has been synonymized previously with Leptotyphlops nigricans (e.g. HAHN 1980, BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991). Diagnosis. A member of the Leptotyphlops nigricans species group. Differs from L. kafubi in its fused parietal bones, lower middorsal counts and having the nostril separated from the rostral by a longer suture. Habitat. Savanna. BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007 recognized Glauconia monticola as valid species but gave an insufficient diagnosis: “A member of the Leptotyphlops nigricans species group, distinguished from neighbouring L. emini by its relatively higher middorsal counts.” |
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