Anomalepis aspinosus TAYLOR, 1939

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Higher Taxa	Anomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Taylor's Peru Blind Snake
Synonym	Anomalepis aspinosus TAYLOR 1939: 92 Anomalepis aspinosus — KOFRON 1988 Anomalepis aspinosus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 47 Anomalepis aspinosus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 43
Distribution	Peru (Cajamarca) Type locality: Perico, Cajamarca, Peru
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 14782, paratypes: MCZ
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Teeth in both upper and lower jaws. Nostril between two nasals; dorsal scales 320-343 from rostral to terminal scute of tail. Scale rows about middle of body 24-26, frontal with area about that of a prefrontal; four upper and three lower labials. No trace of a spine on terminal plate. Scales with minute pits, usually single. (Taylor 1939: 92)
Comment	Abundance: very rare; since the 8 specimens collected by TAylor in 199, no others have been found (Kofron 1988).
References	Kofron, C. 1988. The central and south-american blindsnakes of the genus Anomalepis. Amphibia-Reptilia 9: 7-14 - get paper here Marx,H. 1953. A new worm snake from Colombia, genus Anomalepis. Fieldiana: Zoology 34: 197-198 - get paper here McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Taylor,E.H. 1939. Two new species of the genus Anomalepis Jan, with a proposal of a new family of snakes. Proc. New England zool. Club 17: 87-96 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.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/381971737360764 Google images

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