Lytorhynchus gasperetti LEVITON, 1977
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Lytorhynchus gasperetti
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Leviton's Leafnose Snake |
| Synonym | Lytorhynchus gasperetti LEVITON 1977: 17 Lytorhynchus gasperetti — GASPERETTI 1988: 250 Lytorhynchus gasperetti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 416 |
| Distribution | Saudi Arabia Type locality: Khasawiyah (16°56'N, 42°37'E), Saudi Arabia |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 134150 Paratype: CAS 136477 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the "diadema" group of the genus (Leviton and Anderson, 1970,p. 257) having the rostral broadly truncate, as broad at its base as its width at its anterior-most projection; color pattern consisting of 1) a vertebral row of 33 longitudinally rectangular white bars, each narrowly edged by black and connected to one another by a middorsal series of lighter brownish blotches (most prominent on the anterior half of the body), 2) a lateral row of brownish blotches, each lateral blotch centered beneath thewhite vertebral bar and 3) a ventrolateral series of smaller dark blotches on theouter two scale rows that alternate inposition with the lateral markings; dorsal scales moderately keeled; ventrals: male 157, female 165 (Leviton 1977). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | named after the collector of the type, John Gasperetti (1920-2001), engineer and surveyor of various companies and governments in the Middle East and Field Associate of the Department of Herpetology of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. |
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