Mehelya egbensis DUNGER, 1966
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Mehelya egbensis
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| Higher Taxa | Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dunger's File Snake |
| Synonym | Mehelya egbensis DUNGER 1966: 2 Gonionotophis egbensis — KELLY et al. 2011 Mehelya egbensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 425 Mehelya egbensis — BROADLEY et al. 2018 Gonionotophis egbensis — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019: 212 |
| Distribution | Nigeria Type locality: "Egbe, Nigeria (latitude 8˚14'N., longitude 5˚31'E.)." [Kwana State]. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 96100, a 235 mm male (D. Warren, Oct. 1964). |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: A small species belonging to the genus Mehelya but readily distinguished from al other members of the group in having fewer ventrals, fewer subcaudals, fewer maxillary teeth, and a narrow rostral that projects well beyond the anterior edge of the mental. In having nearly smooth dorsal scales, with only faint traces of kels, the species most closely resembles M. stenop/thalmus (Mocquard). In M. egbensis the diameter of the eye is greater instead of less than its distance from the mouth, and the tail of egbensis is proportionately shorter. According to Loveridge (supra cit.), Mehelya stenophthalmus has from 198 to 214 ventrals and from 47 to 60 pairs of subcaudals, whereas the holotype of M. egbensis has 147 ventrals and 36 pairs of subcaudals. (Dunger 1966) |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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