Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 15-16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13236926

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B5822-FF93-E02A-A653-8A87FEF7CACC

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Felipe

scientific name

Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923
status

 

Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923 View in CoL

Rohan's Blind Dart Skink

Material. SIOMA NGWEZI NP ( HQ): BMNH 2018.2761 ( Fig. 7J View Fig ). Comments: One specimen was found buried in sand and collected by Errol Pietersen. The closest match on GenBank (90%) is T. punctatissimus ( DQ 316889). There is no sequence of T. rohani available Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell, 1844)

Forest Vine Snake

Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.2760 ( Fig. 7N View Fig ). Comments: One juvenile was found at night resting on green vegetation in riverine forest (mushito). Species was identified using the key in Broadley (2001) and the following characters were observed: top of the head, including temporal region, is uniform green; rostral and nasals are strongly recurved onto top of snout; supralabials are white with small green spots .

for comparison.

Colubridae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Typhlacontias

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