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Liotyphlops petersii (BOULENGER, 1889)

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Higher TaxaAnomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peters’ Blindsnake 
SynonymHelminthophis petersii BOULENGER 1889: 360
Helminthophis petersii — BOULENGER 1893: 6
Liotyphlops petersii — DUNN 1944
Liotyphlops petersii — LINARES-VARGAS et al. 2021
Liotyphlops petersii — ANTÚNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionEcuador

Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 9529
Holotype: MHNLS 514; other specimens: Venezuela: Caracas CAS 94619– 94620, CM 7345, CM 90256, DEH 10458, DEH 10740, DEH 12096, IBSP 25802, MCZ-R 50747, MHNLS 514, MNRJ 7854, NHM 1976.101, UMMZ 117273; Mérida MNHP 1903–1935, NHM 1903.4.28.11, NHM 1904.6.30.1, NHM 1905.5.31.61; Miranda: MHNLS 514, MHNLS 11824, MHNLS 15550. Curaçao: RMNH 7851, RMNH 19215 [caracasensis]
Holotype: MLS 038; other specimens: Santander, Puerto Wilches: AMNH 91798; Norte de Santander, Cúcuta: MCZ 67939 [cucutae]
Holotype: MCZ 3971 [emunctus]
Holotype: NHM 1946.1.11.26; other specimens: Ecuador: SMNS 2515; Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas: QCAZ-R 3855; Guayas, Guayaquil: NHM 1946.1.11.26 [petersii]
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 41731; Panama: Near Fort Clayton Reservation, Canal Zone; C. Grant; January- 13 March 30, 1958 [rowani] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Liotyphlops petersii is differentiated from other Liotyphlops in the following characteristics: (a) width of the rostral scale equivalent to half the width of the head, (b) rostral scale extending to the interocular level, (c) third supralabial scale contacting the ocular scale, (d) prefrontal scale not in contact with the lower nasal scale. (Linares-Vargas et al. 2021) 
CommentSynonymy: Liotyphlops petersii has been considered as a synonym of L. albirostris previously but was revalidated by Linares-Vargas et al. 2021.

Distribution: For a map of localities see Linares-Vargas et al. 2021: 2275: Fig. 8. 
EtymologyPresumably named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist although Boulenger does not comment on the etymology. 
References
  • ANTÚNEZ-FONSECA, C. A., RAMOS-GALDAMEZ, J. O. S. U. E., SOLÍS, J. M., DIAZ-RICAURTE, J. C., & WILSON, L. D. 2024. A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Zootaxa 5543 (1): 97-110 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 4: 360-363 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Dunn, E. R.;Tihen, J. A. 1944. The skeletal anatomy of Liotyphlops albirostris. Journal of Morphology 74 (2): 287-295 - get paper here
  • Linares-Vargas, C. A., Bolívar-García, W., Herrera-Martínez, A., Osorio-Domínguez, D., Ospina, O. E., Thomas, R., & Daza, J. D. 2021. The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models. The Anatomical Record, 304( 10), 2264– 2278 - get paper here
 
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