Brachyorrhos pygmaeus MURPHY & VORIS, 2020
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Brachyorrhos pygmaeus
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| Higher Taxa | Homalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Brachyorrhos pygmaeus MURPHY & VORIS 2020 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Seram Island) Type locality: Seram Island, Indonesia |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous (by implication) |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH1910.4.26.60, mature female, collected in 1909 by Wilfred Stalker (Murphy and Voris 2020). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A Brachyorrhos with a rounded snout, a loreal scale; one preocular scale; upper labials six or seven, the fourth upper labial bordering the orbit; the second and third upper labials contact loreal; six lower labials; 143 ventral scales; 22 subcaudal scales; the tail is 11.5% of the SVL. |
| Comment | Only known from the holotype. |
| Etymology | The epithet is derived from the small size of this snake. At 128 mm total length and the specimen being a gravid female this species is a candidate for the smallest advanced snake (Murphy and Voris 2020) |
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