Tricheilostoma broadleyi (WALLACH & HAHN, 1997)
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Tricheilostoma broadleyi
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Leptotyphlops broadleyi WALLACH & HAHN 1997 Leptotyphlops broadleyi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 24 Guinea broadleyi — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Tricheilostoma broadleyi — HEDGES 2011 Tricheilostoma broadleyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 737 |
| Distribution | SC Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), 300 - 500 m elevation Type locality: Tropical Ecology Station, Lamto, 300 m north of the Bandama River, Toumodi Department, Cote d'Ivoire. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 1977.0103; paratypes: MNHN-RA 1977.0092-0102 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A diminutive species of Leptotyphlops with a maximum length less than 115 mm that is closely related to L. bicolor but differs from it in the following characteristics: lower number of middorsal scales (17 - 19, x = 186. vs. 247 - 288, x = 262.), higher number of subcaudals (1 - 16, x = 1.9 vs. 8 - 1, x = 10.2), size and shape of prefrontal (broader than deep, > 0.5 head width vs. as deep as broad, < 0.5 head width), tail termination (vertically compressed ridge vs. cone), lower length/width ratio (24 - 44, x = 5.6 vs. 8 - 69, x = 52.9), longer tail/total length ratio (5 .1 - 7.0, x = 5.6 vs. 2.4 - 4.0, x = .2), and smaller maximum size (115 vs. 185 mm). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named in honor of Donald G. Broadley (1932-2016), famous African herpetologist. See Bates & Branch 2018 for an obituary. |
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