Leptotyphlops pembae LOVERIDGE, 1941
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Leptotyphlops pembae
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Leptotyphlopini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Pemba worm snake |
| Synonym | Leptotyphlops emini pembae LOVERIDGE 1941: 177 Leptotyphlops nigricans pembae — BROADLEY & WATSON 1976: 485 Leptotyphlops nigricans pembae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 22 Leptotyphlops pembae — SPAWLS et al. 2001: 303 Leptotyphlops pembae — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 32 Leptotyphlops pembae — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Leptotyphlops pembae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 369 Leptotyphlops pembae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 371 |
| Distribution | Tanzania (Pemba Island, Mafia Island). Type locality: Wingwi Pwana, Pemba Island, Tanzania. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 46116. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the Leptotyphlops nigricans species group, closest to L. macrops, with which it agrees in having a large eye beneath a bulge in the ocular shield (but less well developed) and a relatively long tail with 28–39 subcaudals. It differs from that species in having fewer total dorsals (247–269 vs 272–322) and having extensive white patches on chin and throat. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Description. Body cylindrical, with head and neck broadened and flattened, the moderate tail tapers to a small terminal spine. Snout rounded, rostral moderate (0.39–0.54 head width, mean = 0.43), broader than nasals anteriorly and extending to a line connecting the eyes posteriorly, rostral without a preoral groove ventrally. Behind rostral, lip bordered by infranasal [except on right side of holotype where supralabial contacts rostral along lip] (nos- tril nearer to rostral than supralabial along nasal suture), small anterior supralabial with width along lip 1.5– 3.0 times that of infranasal, ocular with large eye placed near anterior border, and tall posterior supralabial. Supraoculars pentagonal, anteriorly wedged between supranasal and ocular, posteriorly wedged between hex- agonal frontal and postfrontal, the frontal subequal to a supraocular, the postfrontal larger and subequal to the hexagonal interparietal, the interoccipital smaller and subequal to the vertebral series of dorsal scales follow- ing it. Parietals transverse, larger than the fused occipitals, in contact with the posterior supralabials. Temporal single. No mental, four infralabials. Body covered with 14 rows of smooth, imbricate subequal scales. Reduction to 10 scale rows on the tail takes place lateral to the subtriangular cloacal shield. Total middorsals 247–269, subcaudals 28–39. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Size: Total length/ diameter ratio 45–68; total length/tail ratio 6.2–11.8. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Coloration: Uniformly dark brown to black dorsum and venter except for irregular white patches on chin and throat. Size. Largest specimen (BMNH 1940.1.18.71 — Wambaa, Pemba Island, Tanzania) 195 + 25 = 220 mm. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Original description: Loveridge 1941: 177 |
| Comment | Habitat. Clove plantations and sandy grassland. |
| Etymology | named after the type locality. |
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