Letheobia pallida COPE, 1868
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Letheobia pallida
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Zanzibar Beaked Snake |
| Synonym | Letheobia pallida COPE 1868: 322 Typhlops pallidus — BOULENGER 1893: 54 Typhlops pallidus — LOVERIDGE 1955 Rhinotyphlops pallidus — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974: 217 Typhlops pallidus — PITMAN 1974 Rhinotyphlops pallidus — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993 Rhinotyphlops pallidus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 83 Rhinotyphlops pallidus — SPAWLS et al. 2001 Letheobia pallida — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007 Letheobia pallida — HEDGES et al. 2014 Letheobia pallida — WALLACH et al. 2014: 381 Letheobia pallida — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 358 |
| Distribution | Zanzibar, Tanzania (Pemba Island), E Kenya, S Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda Type locality: Zanzibar. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: MCZ 5723, designated by BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007, formerly in Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts; Syntype: ANSP 3300 |
| Diagnosis | Description: Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral very broad, truncated posteriorly; frontal crescentic; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex between nasal and ocular, the latter separated from the lip by a large subocular; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from second labial; SIP X (N1, P, O, O); scale rows 24-22-22; MD 418–4; vertebrae 274; MD/V ratio 1.54–1.58; L/D ratio 5–62. Colourless. For abbreviations see L. caeca. From BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007. |
| Comment | Habitat: Coastal mosaic. One of the types was taken from a well (Cope 1869). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “pallidus” = pale or yellow(ish). |
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