Madatyphlops andasibensis (WALLACH & GLAW, 2009)
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Madatyphlops andasibensis
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Madatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Andasibe Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Typhlops andasibensis WALLACH & GLAW 2009 Typhlops cf. domerguei — GLAW & VENCES 1994: fig. 357 Typhlops sp. “Andasibe” — GLAW & VENCES 2007: 445, fig. 8 Typhlops andasibensis — BÖHME 2014: 159 Madatyphlops andasibensis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops andasibensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 758 |
| Distribution | CE Madagascar (forests along the road between the Hotel "Feonnyala" and the train station of Andasibe) Type locality: near Andasibe (= Perinet), 18°56.169'S, 48°24.734'E, 939 m elevation, central eastern Madagascar. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZSM 54/2005 (field number ZCMV 2255 = zoological collection Miguel Vences 2255), an adult female, collected on 23-26 February 2005, in pitfall lines installed by the NGO "Mitsinjo" and its president Rainer Dolch. Paratype: ZFMK 59787. adult female. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Typhlops andasibensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other Typhlops by the combination of 26 midbody scale rows, 373–381 total middorsal scales, a slightly trilobed snout in dorsal profile, a rounded snout in lateral profile, a T–V supralabial imbrication pattern, transversely enlarged frontal, postfrontal and interparietal scales, inferior nasal suture contacting second supralabial, and an incomplete superior nasal suture. Within Madagascar, T. andasibensis sp. nov. can be separated from all other typhlopids by the combination of 26 midbody scale rows, less than 400 middorsals, and a T–V supralabial imbrication pattern. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet refers to the type locality. |
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