Ramphotyphlops flaviventer (PETERS, 1864)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Yellow-bellied blindsnake |
Synonym | Typhlops flaviventer PETERS 1864 Typhlops flaviventer — BOULENGER 1893: 25 Typhlops flaviventer — DE ROOIJ 1917: 11 Ramphotyphlops flaviventer — WALLACH 1996 Ramphotyphlops flaviventer — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 65 Ramphotyphlops flaviventer — DE LANG 2013 Ramphotyphlops flaviventer — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops flaviventer — WALLACH et al. 2014: 628 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Ternate, Halmahera, Morotai, Batjan = Bacan, Batanta, Salawati), Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands Type locality: “Ternate” |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 5029 |
Diagnosis | Description: Snout rounded, strongly projecting; nostril lateral. Rostral narrow, its upper part one third the width of the head, extending nearly to the level of the eyes; nasal incompletely divided,thecleftproceedingfromthesecondlabial; praeocular present, nearly as large as the ocular; eyes distinct; head scales a little enlarged; four upper labials. Body with 22 scales round the middle; its diameter 50 to 60 times in the total length; tail two times as long as broad, ending in a spine (De Rooij 1917). Color: Blackish-brown above; yellowish below (De Rooij 1917). Total length 300 mm (De Rooij 1917). |
Comment | Distribution: not on the Solomon Islands fide McCoy 2015. |
Etymology | The name flaviventralis comes from a combination of the Latin words flavus, meaning yellow, and venter, meaning belly. |
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