| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Parapulchella that differs from all other species in the genus Aprasia in possessing the following combination of character states: a) nasal and first supralabial scales fused posterior to nostril, b) two or three preorbital scales, c) almost always two postorbital scales, d) usually nine nuchal scales, e) ventral scales in males average 162.3, in females 170.0, f) 14 midbody scale rows, g) three preanal scales, h) lateral head pattern absent (Figs. 22-3). (Kluge 1974)
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