Geocalamus modestus GÜNTHER, 1880
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Geocalamus modestus
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Mpwapwa Wedge-snouted Worm Lizard |
| Synonym | Geocalamus modestus GÜNTHER 1880: 234 Geocalamus modestus — LOVERIDGE 1923 Geocalamus modestus — LOVERIDGE 1941: 402 Geocalamus modestus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 20 Geocalamus modestus — GANS 2005: 31 Geocalamus modestus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 318 |
| Distribution | C Tanzania (Mpwapwa, Ikikuyu) Type locality: Mpwapwa, Ugogo, Tanzania. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 79.11.13.8: R1946.9.1.10–79.11.13.10:RR1946.9.1.12 |
| Diagnosis | Description (genus): Head compressed, snout laterally compressed but rounded; nostril lateral or slightly inferior, pierced in a small nasal; a gular fold; no vertebral line, a faint lateral line, no ventral line; pectoral segments slightly enlarged forming an angular series; preanalpores; tail cylindrical, obtuse. Description. Rostral large, its posterior angle inserted between the prefrontals; nasal distinct, or incompletely separated from first labial anteriorly, between rostral, first and second labials, and prefrontal; a pair of prefrontals; frontal moderate, distinct, or incompletely separated from the prefrontals; a pair of postfrontals ; no parietals (being fused with postfrontals); a pair of rudimentary oceipitals; no supraocular; no preocular; ocular moderate, eye distinct; 3 upper labials, first small, second and third larger, subequal; 3-4 temporals descending to the commissure of the mouth; mental moderate, subquadrangular; 3 lower labials, first small, second and third subequal; postmental moderate; 4 chin shields in anterior row, 7 in posterior row, or outermost of the two rows fused to form an elongate sublabial; 238-241 annuli on body, 29 on tail; 34-38 (16-18 + 18-20) segments in a midbody annulus, the 2 median ventral segments nearly equilateral; pectoral segments feebly differentiated, slightly longer than broad, forming an anteriorly-directed angular series; 6 anals; 3-4 preanal pores. Diagnosis: 34-38 segments in a midbody annulus; 238-241 annuli on body, 29 on tail; 3 upper labials ; 3-4 preanal pores. Dentition. Premaxillary teeth 3, maxillaries 3-3, mandibulars 7-7. Coloration. Above uniformly violet brown (plumbeous in life) except for the intersegmental grooves which are white; below pure white (somewhat transparent in life). Measurements. Total length 274 (240 + 34) mm. Source: Loveridge 1941. |
| Comment | Type species: Geocalamus modestus is the type species of the genus Geocalamus GÜNTHER 1880: 234. |
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