Rhinotyphlops scortecci (GANS & LAURENT, 1965)
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Rhinotyphlops scortecci
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Scortecci’s blind-snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops scorteccii GANS & LAURENT 1965: 56 Typhlops unitaeniatus – (not PETERS) LEPRI 1911: 318 Typhlops unitaeniatus – SCORTECCI 1930: 15 (part.) Rhinotyphlops scorteccii — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1965: 246 Rhinotyphlops scortecci — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 87 Letheobia scortecci — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007 Rhinotyphlops scortecci — HEDGES et al. 2014 Letheobia scorteccii — WALLACH et al. 2014 Rhinotyphlops scorteccii — SPAWLS et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Somalia (Benadir). elevation 0-100 m. Type locality: 10km south of Afgoi (40 km south of Mogadiscio), on sand dune road to Merca, Benadir Province, Somali. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 74455. |
| Diagnosis | Description: Snout very prominent, with an obtusely angular keratinised edge on rostral; rostral very large, subrectangular, extending far beyond the eye spots, rostral ventrally almost as wide as the head at the level of the nostrils; frontal crescentic, supraocular oblique, its lateral apex between nasal and preocular; eye barely visible beneath the nasal, nasal suture arising from L2; SIP X (N1, P, P, P). Scale rows usually 26-24-24l; MD 11–405. L/D ratio 27–7. Dark to blackish brown dorsally, slightly lighter ventrally, with a bright yellow stripe running from top of head along the anterior half to three-quarters of the back. For abbreviations see L. caeca. From BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007. |
| Comment | Habitat: Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushland and thicket. |
| Etymology | Named after Prof. Giuseppe Scortecci, 1898-1973, Italian herpetologist. See Tortonese 1974 for an obituary. |
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