Trilepida dugandi (DUNN, 1944)
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Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Dugand's Blind Snake |
Synonym | Leptotyphlops dugandi DUNN 1944: 52 Leptotyphlops dugandi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 28 Tricheilostoma dugandi — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Trilepida dugandi — HEDGES 2011 Tricheilostoma dugandi — PINTO & FERNANDES 2012 Trilepida dugandi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 738 |
Distribution | Colombia (Atlantico). Type locality: Juanamina, 20 m, about 11 km southwest of Barranquilla, Departamento Atlantico, Colombia. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CBB, un-numbered specimen (Colegio Biffi, Barranquilla, Colombia) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Tricheilostoma dugandi is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: snout truncated in dorsal and ventral views, and rounded in lateral view; supraocular present; ocular subhexagonal, dorsal apex straight and anterior border slightly rounded in the eye level; three supralabials (2+1); four infralabials; fused caudals present; temporal scale indistinct; rostral semicircular in dorsal view; 171–184 middorsal scales; 158–172 midventral scales; subcaudal scales 10–13; 10 scales around the middle of tail; dorsum brown with dark brown copper in the centre and median portion of dorsal scales, forming seven longitudinal lines from occipital scales to terminal spine; seven remaining ventrolateral scale rows whitish cream (from PINTO-RICHARD et a. 2010). |
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Etymology | Named after Armando Dugand (1906-1971), a naturalist and Director, Institute of Natural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota (1940-1953). |
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