Gerrhopilus depressiceps (STERNFELD, 1913)
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Gerrhopilus depressiceps
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| Higher Taxa | Gerrhopilidae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Lowland beaked blindsnake |
| Synonym | Typhlops depressiceps STERNFELD 1913: 384 Typhlops depressiceps — DE ROOIJ 1917: 9 Typhlops monochrus VOGT 1932: 293 Typhlops monochrous — LOVERIDGE 1948: 320 (nomen emendatum) Typhlops depressiceps — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 98 Gerrhopilus depressiceps — VIDAL et al. 2010 Gerrhopilus depressiceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 308 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea, New Britain [HR 32: 61] Type locality: “Neuguinea” (STERNFELD 1913) Type locality: “along Sepik River, New Guinea” (VOGT 1932) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMB 23986, possibly lost (Bauer et al. 2002) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This species belongs to Gerrhopilus based on the presence of head glands in the centers of the anterior head shields in addition to their anterior margins (McDowell 1974; Wallach 1996b). A relatively robust (adult L/M = 70) species of Gerrhopilus having the unique combination of a rostrate snout with a transverse keel on the ventral margin of the rostral that extends ventral to the rictus, angle of pre-oral snout in lateral aspect horizontal, distinct pupil in the eye, preocular barely covers the anterior margin of the eye in lateral view, longitudinal scale rows 24/22/20, transverse scale rows posterior to the rostral 649–664, supralabial imbrication pattern T-V, subocular scale single, presubocular scale absent, posterior margin of rostral shallowly concave, prefrontals and supraoculars subequal in size to frontal and parietals and interparietal, subcaudal scales 27–30, L/W ratio 57–67, and tail spine oriented ventrally at an angle of 70 ̊ to axis of anteroventral surface of that terminal scale (and, hence, to body axis). Refer to Table 1 for additional diagnostic qualitative and quantitative features. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 910 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the Latin adjective depressus and Latin caput, -ceps = head, referring to the depressed head of the species. |
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