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Liotyphlops petersii (DUNN, 1944)

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Higher TaxaAnomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peters’ Blindsnake 
SynonymHelminthophis petersii BOULENGER 1889
Helminthophis petersii — BOULENGER 1893: 6
Liotyphlops petersii DUNN 1944
Liotyphlops petersii — LINARES-VARGAS et al. 2021
Liotyphlops petersii — ANTÚNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionEcuador

Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 9529
Holotype: MHNLS 514; other specimens: Venezuela: Caracas CAS 94619– 94620, CM 7345, CM 90256, DEH 10458, DEH 10740, DEH 12096, IBSP 25802, MCZ-R 50747, MHNLS 514, MNRJ 7854, NHM 1976.101, UMMZ 117273; Mérida MNHP 1903–1935, NHM 1903.4.28.11, NHM 1904.6.30.1, NHM 1905.5.31.61; Miranda: MHNLS 514, MHNLS 11824, MHNLS 15550. Curaçao: RMNH 7851, RMNH 19215 [caracasensis]
Holotype: MLS 038; other specimens: Santander, Puerto Wilches: AMNH 91798; Norte de Santander, Cúcuta: MCZ 67939 [cucutae]
Holotype: MCZ 3971 [emunctus]
Holotype: NHM 1946.1.11.26; other specimens: Ecuador: SMNS 2515; Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas: QCAZ-R 3855; Guayas, Guayaquil: NHM 1946.1.11.26 [petersii]
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 41731; Panama: Near Fort Clayton Reservation, Canal Zone; C. Grant; January- 13 March 30, 1958 [rowani] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Liotyphlops petersii has been considered as a synonym of L. albirostris previously but was revalidated by Linares-Vargas et al. 2021.

Distribution: For a map of localities see Linares-Vargas et al. 2021: 2275: Fig. 8. 
References
  • ANTÚNEZ-FONSECA, C. A., RAMOS-GALDAMEZ, J. O. S. U. E., SOLÍS, J. M., DIAZ-RICAURTE, J. C., & WILSON, L. D. 2024. A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Zootaxa, 5543 (1): 97-110 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 4: 360-363 - 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
  • Dunn, E. R.;Tihen, J. A. 1944. The skeletal anatomy of Liotyphlops albirostris. Journal of Morphology 74 (2): 287-295 - get paper here
  • Linares-Vargas, C. A., Bolívar-García, W., Herrera-Martínez, A., Osorio-Domínguez, D., Ospina, O. E., Thomas, R., & Daza, J. D. 2021. The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models. The Anatomical Record, 304( 10), 2264– 2278 - get paper here
 
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