| Higher Taxa | Anomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Liotyphlops trefauti FREIRE, CARAMASCHI, SUZART ARGOLO 2007
Liotyphlops trefauti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 398 |
| Distribution | NE Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Pernambuco), 50-640 m elevation
Type locality: Fazenda Bananeira, Municipality of Murici (9°14’S, 35°48’W, 640 m elevation), State of Alagoas, Brazil.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 12178, male, on 04 November 1994 by E. M. X. Freire. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Liotyphlops trefauti sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of the genus by the following combinations of characters: (1) four scales contacting the posterior edge of prefrontal; (2) one scale contacting the posterior edge of nasal, between the second supralabial and the prefrontal; (3) five scales in the
first vertical row of lateral head scales; (4) 22-22-22 scales around body; (5) 520–543 dorsal scales; (6) 499–532 ventral scales; (7) absence of eye spot; (8) dorsal and ventral color bright yellowish to reddish brown. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Brazilian herpetologist. |
| References |
- Abegg, Arthur Diesel; Marco Antonio de Freitas, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura 2017. New records of Liotyphlops trefauti Freire, Caramaschi & Argôlo, 2007 (Squamata: Anomalepididae). Herpetology Notes 10: 345-347 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Dixon J R; Kofron C P 1984. The Central and South American anomalepid snakes of the genus Liotyphlops. Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4): 241-264 [1983] - get paper here
- FREIRE, E.M.X.; U. CARAMASCHI & A.J.S. ARGOLO 2007. A new species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1393: 19-26 - get paper here
- Hamdan, B. & R. M. Lira-da-Silva 2012. The snakes of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: species richness, composition and biogeographical notes. Salamandra 48 (1): 31-50 - get paper here
- Marra-Santos, Fidélis Júnio and Roberto E. Reis 2018. Two New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae), from Central and South Brazil. Copeia, 106 (3): 507-514 - get paper here
- McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
- Silva Haad, J.J., Franco, F.L. & Maldonado, J. 2008. Una nueva especie de Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Scolecophidia, Anomalepidae) del sur de la Amazonia Colombiana. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 295 - 300
- 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.
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