Liotyphlops cucutae 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 : 274-275

Liotyphlops cucutae Dunn 1944b .

Holotype ILS (= actual number MLS 38 ) ( fig. 28 ), male. “ Cúcuta , Norte de Santander ”, Colombia, 215 meters. Brother Nicéforo María. Jan. 1936.

Remarks: Junior synomyn of Liotyphlops albirostris according to Dixon and Kofron (1984). In the publication, the number of the type was not given. Specimen MLS 38 is hydrated and in good state of preservation.

Figures

FIGURE 28. Holotype of Liotyphlops cucutae, MLS 38, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).