Liotyphlops metae Dunn, 1944b

Cruz-Rodríguez, Cristian, Lynch, John D., Cárdenas, Julieth S. & Caicedo-Portilla, José Rancés, 2021, Type specimens housed in the herpetological collections at Museo de La Salle Bogotá and their historical importance for the consolidation of herpetology in Colombia, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 261-292 : 275

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4725193
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scientific name	Liotyphlops metae Dunn, 1944b
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Liotyphlops metae Dunn, 1944b .

Holotype ILS 8 (= actual number MLS 29 View Materials ) ( fig. 29 View FIGURE 29 ), female. “Villavicencio”, Meta, Colombia. 498 meters elevation. Brother Nicéforo María. Nov.1945.

Remarks: Junior synonym of L. anops according to Dixon and Kofron (1984). Dunn (1944b) appear to have used three specimens, but only one is in MLS. Specimen MLS 29 is hydrated, presents a slight decay and is badly mounted.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Anomalepididae
Genus	Liotyphlops

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