Letheobia akagerae DEHLING, HINKEL, ENSIKAT, BABILON & FISCHER, 2018
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Letheobia akagerae
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Akagera Gracile Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Letheobia akagerae DEHLING, HINKEL, ENSIKAT, BABILON & FISCHER 2018 |
| Distribution | Rwanda Type locality: Rwanda, Akagera National Park, Ruzizi Tented Lodge (1°54'24.90"S, 30°42'58.42"E; approx. 1290 m) |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 100862, adult; collected on 8 July 2012 by construction workers, preserved by Kenny Babilon. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species is assignable to the genus Letheobia for showing the following characters that in combination are diagnostic (Pyron & Wallach, 2014): Dorsal and lateral head profiles rounded; rostral broad; T-0; lateral snout profile rounded; body form gracile; eye invisible; coloration pink (pigmentless); body with 22 longitudinal scale rows without reduction; tail short with 13 subcaudals and apical spine; inferior nasal suture in contact with first supralabial; preocular in contact with second and third supralabials; subocular present. It extends the known total length/midbody width ratio in the genus (42–129; Pyron & Wallach, 2014) to 131 and the known maximum number of middorsal scale rows for any species in the genus (311–737; Broadley & Wallach, 2007; Pyron & Wallach, 2014) to 834. 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 4008 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Habitat: Soil. The holotype of Letheobia akagerae was found when soil was dug during construction work. The type locality is in gallery forest near the shores of Lake Ihema at around 1290 m a.s.l. Three additional specimens were observed and photographed in tree savanna on a nearby hilltop in the headquarters area of the national park (1°52'29.56"S, 30°42'55.49"E; 1°52'37.32"S, 30°42'50.42"E; 01°52'39.05"S, 30°42'52.80"E; approx. 1600m a.s.l.) slithering on the ground after heavy rainfalls during the day. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet refers to the type locality, the Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda. |
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