Namibiana latifrons (STERNFELD, 1908)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Leptotyphlopini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Benguela Worm Snake, Sternfeld’s Thread Snake
Synonym	Glauconia latifrons STERNFELD 1908: 94 Glauconia latifrons — STERNFELD 1910: 53 Leptotyphlops latifrons — BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1999: 13 Leptotyphlops latifrons — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 69 Namibiana latifrons — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Namibiana latifrons — WALLACH et al. 2014: 473
Distribution	SW coast of Angola Type locality: Benguela, Angola [lectotype]
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1864.6.14.5, designated by Broadley and Watson (1976:483).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Skull with paired parietals with a small foramen on the midline. There is an anterior supralabial and the posterior supralabial does not reach the level of the eye. Middorsals 293-35; subcaudals 21-3; 1 scale rows on tail; total length/diameter ratio 66-78; total length/tail ratio 12.-2.9. Snout rounded. Coloration: Pale brown above, white below [from BROADLEY 1999]. Additional details (513 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: McDIARMID et al. (1999) listed this species as a synonym of L. scutifrons. Sternfeld (1908:94) proposed Glauconia latifrons as a new name for the specimens described as Glauconia scutifrons by Boulenger (1893:68).
Etymology	Named after New Latin latus (= "broad") and frōns (= "forehead, front"). It is probably a reference to broad forehead of the species.
References	Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here Boundy, J. 2014. COMMENTS ON SOME AFRICAN TAXA OF LEPTOTYPHLOPID SNAKES. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Sci. Louisiana State Univ. 84: 1-8 Broadley, Donald G. & Broadley, Sheila 1999. A review of the Arican wormsnakes from South of Latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Syntarsus 5: 1-36 Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78 - get paper here Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Sternfeld, R. 1908. Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen. S. Ber. Ges. naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 4: 92-95 - get paper here Sternfeld, R. 1910. Zur Schlangenfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Mehrere Fälle von Mimikry bei afrikanischen Schlangen. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin, 5: 51-60 - get paper here Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp. 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. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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