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Afrotyphlops rouxestevae TRAPE, 2019

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAfrotyphlops rouxestevae TRAPE 2019 
DistributionCameroon

Type locality: Douala (04°03’N / 09°42’E), Cameroon  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: SMF 16639. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Un Typhlopidé du genre Afrotyphlops de grande taille connu seulement par l’holotype. Il est caractérisé par la combinaison des caractères suivants : museau arrondi, oculaire bien développée, yeux invisibles, 30 rangées d’écailles transversales et plus de 500 écailles longitudinales.


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Madame Rolande Roux-Estève (1921-2009), French herpetologist. For a short biography see Adler 2012: 335. 
References
  • Roux-Estève, R. 1974. Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes. Mém. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, (sér.A.) 87: 1-313
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • Trape, Jean-François 2019. Scolecophidiens (Squamata: Ophidia) nouveaux d’Afrique centrale. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 169: 27-44 - get paper here
  • 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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