Ramphotyphlops willeyi (BOULENGER, 1900)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Typhlops willeyi BOULENGER in WILLEY 1900 Typhlina willeyi — MCDOWELL 1974: 47 Ramphotyphlops willeyi — BAUER & VINDUM 1990 Ramphotyphlops willeyi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 75 Ramphotyphlops willeyi — WYNN et al. 2012 Ramphotyphlops willeyi — HEDGES et al. 2014 Ramphotyphlops willeyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 630 |
Distribution | Loyalty Islands (Mare and Lifu), New Caledonia Type locality: Lifu, Loyalty Islands |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.80 (formerly 1900.5.29.1) |
Diagnosis | Size: Maximum total length approximately 195 mm (holotype), body length 35-40 times body diameter (Bauer & Sadlier 2000: 247). Scalation: 22 scale rows around body. Nasal cleft not contacting preocular. Preocular much broader than the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials (Fig. 61A). Prefrontal, frontal, and interparietal not larger than scales ofbody; supraocular a little larger, parietal twice as large, four upper labials, 3rd and 4th nearly equal and in contact with the ocular. 369-375 dorsal scales, 14-15 subcaudal scales (Bauer & Sadlier 2000: 247). Color: Olive or mid brown above, yellowish beneath. One specimen has yellowish patches around the lips, chin, and vent (Bauer & Sadlier 2000: 247). Variation: Unknown (Bauer & Sadlier 2000: 247). Comparison with other species: May be distinguished From Ramphotyphlops braminus by the greater number of midbody scale rows (22 versus 20) and the configuration of the head shields (Bauer & Sadlier 2000: 247). |
Comment | Typhlops becki TANNER 1948 has been removed from the synonymy of R. willeyi. |
Etymology | named after Arthur Willey, Lecturer on biology in Guy’s Hospital, London, who “presented” the type specimen to the British Museum. |
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