Liotyphlops, Peters, 1881
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14503246 |
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Liotyphlops |
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Key to species of the genus Liotyphlops View in CoL
1. Number of subcaudals five or fewer........................................................... L. caracasensis Number of subcaudals eight or more...................................................................... 2
2. Supralabials three......................................................................................3 Supralabials four...................................................................................... 4
3. Four scales on first vertical row of body........................................................... L. caissara Three scales on first vertical row of body....................................................... L. pino sp. nov.
4. Three scales contacting posterior edge of prefrontal.......................................................... 5 Four scales contacting posterior edge of prefrontal.......................................................... 12
5. One scale contacting posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontal.............................. 6 Two scales contacting posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontals........................... 10
6. Scales around midbody 19–20..................................................................... L. haadi Scales around midbody 22.............................................................................. 7
7. Five scales on first vertical row of body.......................................................... L. albirostris Four scales on first vertical row of body................................................................... 8
8. Posterior scale rows of body 20–21................................................................ L. wilderi Posterior scale rows of body 22.......................................................................... 9
9. Third supralabial scale does not contact ocular scale................................................. L. bondensis Third supralabial scale contacting the ocular scale.................................................... L. petersii
10. Infralabials two................................................................................. L. taylori Infralabials three..................................................................................... 11
11. Nasal scale in contact with second supralabial...................................................... L. schubarti Nasal scale separated from second supralabial by small accessory scale.................................. L. ternetzii
12. Four scales on first vertical row of body........................................................... L. argaleus Five to six scales on first vertical rows of body............................................................. 13
13. Infralabials four............................................................................... L. trefauti Infralabials three..................................................................................... 14
14. Scales around midbody 24........................................................................ L. anops Scales around midbody 26.................................................................... L. palauophis .
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