identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03DB8783624FFFF5A366FACEFB25FEF4.text	03DB8783624FFFF5A366FACEFB25FEF4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae (Wallach 2020)	<div><p>Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae sp. nov.</p><p>Holotype: FMNH 180007.</p><p>Type locality (emended): <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.9308&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=14.51025" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.9308/lat 14.51025)">Sakaerat Experimental Station</a>, Udom Sap, Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand (14.510250°N, 101.930805°E, elevation 385 m).</p><p>Paratypes: FMNH 18003–06 and ZMUC R52174 .</p><p>Etymology: Named in honor of Molly Ozaki (1927–2010), Administrative Assistant and Secretary in the FMNH Division of Amphibians and Reptiles for 15 years (1978– 1992).</p><p>Vernacular name: Molly’s blindsnake.</p><p>Diagnosis:  Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae can be distinguished from all other species of  Ramphotyphlops and  Indotyphlops as described in detail in WALLACH, 2020a. Briefly,  R. mollyozakiae is most similar to  R. albiceps and can be separated by its postoculars (1 vs. 2–4). From  R. lineatus it can be recognized by midbody scale rows (20 vs. 22–24) and from all other  Ramphotyphlops species with 20 scale rows it is separable by the superior nasal suture (visible on the dorsum of the snout vs. not visible). It can be distinguished from  Virgotyphlops braminus and  Indotyphlops violaceus by the inferior nasal suture contact (supralabial 2 vs. preocular). Among  Indotyphlops species with 20 scale rows it can be identified by a lower number of total middorsals in comparison with I. pammeces (&lt;327 vs.&gt; 328),  I. porrectus (&lt;330 vs.&gt; 400), and  I. schmutzi (&lt;330 vs.&gt; 385). It is separable from  I. malcolmi, I. tenebrarum, and  I. veddae by the nasal shield (divided vs. entire).  Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae can be separated from  I. jerdoni by its postoculars (1 vs. 2) and from I. lankaensis by its higher number of total middorsals (&gt; 290 vs. &lt;265).</p><p>Distribution: Southeastern Thailand and Sumatra, Indonesia, 385–1000 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB8783624FFFF5A366FACEFB25FEF4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wallach, Van	Wallach, Van (2021): Addendum to the description of the new species Ramphotyphlops mollyozakiae Wallach, 2020 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Pod @ rcis 12 (2): 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15594380
