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Tricheilostoma sundewalli (JAN, 1862)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesTricheilostoma sundewalli sundewalli (JAN 1862)
Tricheilostoma sundewalli gestri (BOULENGER 1906) 
Common NamesE: Sundevalls Worm Snake
G: Sundevall-Schlankblindschlange 
SynonymStenostoma (Tricheilostoma) Sundewalli JAN 1862: 191
Glauconia sundevalli BOULENGER 1890: 210 (emendation)
Glauconia sundevalli — BOULENGER 1893: 68
Leptotyphlops sundevalli — VILLIERS 1950: 55
Leptotyphlops sundevalli sundevalli — TRAPE & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995: 37
Leptotyphlops sundewalli — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 44
Guinea sundewalli — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Tricheilostoma sundewalli — HEDGES 2011
Leptotyphlops sundevalli — SEGNIAGBETO et al. 2012
Tricheilostoma sundewalli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 737

Tricheilostoma sundewalli gestri (BOULENGER 1906)
Glauconia gestri BOULENGER 1906: 210
Leptotyphlops gestri — PERRET 1961
Leptotyphlops sundewalli gestri — HAHN & WALLACH 1998
Guinea sundewalli gestri — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 (by implication)
Tricheilostoma sundewalli gestri — HEDGES 2011 (by implication) 
DistributionGhana, Togo, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville) ?,
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Macias Nguema = Bioko = Fernando Po), Nigeria

gestri: Fernando Po; type locality: Fernando Po (Basilé and Musola, 400-700 m elevation), one specimen from Buca, Cameroon, 900-1200 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.17.3 (and possibly additional specimens).
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.17.3 (formerly BMNH 1906.3.30.70) and MSNG 28877 (2 specimens) [gestri] 
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CommentDistribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Carl Jakob Sundevall (sometimes Sundewall) (1801-1875), a zoologist, ornithologist, and arachnologist. 
References
  • Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1890. Description of a new Snake of the Genus Glauconia Gray, obtained by Dr. Emin Pasha on the Victoria Nyanza. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6: 91-93. - 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
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (3) 2: 196-216 - get paper here
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Hahn D. E. & V. WALLACH, 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62 - get paper here
  • HEDGES, S. BLAIR 2011. The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3027: 63–64 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1861. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 2. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1862. Note sulla famiglia dei Tiflopidi, sui loro generi e sulle specie del genere Stenostoma. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. Genova 1 [1861]: 178-199 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques africaines III. 1. La faune ophidienne de la région camerounaise. Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133-138
  • SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, A., CALVO-REVUELTA, M. & DE LA RIVA, I. 2022. Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea. Zootaxa 5202 (1): 1-197 - get paper here
  • Segniagbeto GLazcano. H., Trape J. F., David P., Ohler A., Dubois A. & Glitho I. A. 2011. The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems. Zoosystema 33 (3): 325-360. DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4 - get paper here
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • Trape, J.F. & R. ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995. Les serpents du Congo: liste commentée et clé de détermination. Journal of African Zoology 109 (1): 31-50
  • TRAPE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS & CELLOU BALDÉ 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900 (3): 301–338 - get paper here
  • Villiers,A. 1950. Les serpents de l'ouest africain. Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Dakar
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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