Typhlops diardii Schlegel, 1839
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5338697 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5415554 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E5D54-FF99-C522-66A6-FE99A157F912 |
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Diego |
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Typhlops diardii Schlegel, 1839 |
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Typhlops diardii Schlegel, 1839
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Material examined. – LSUHC 7969 View Materials : Che Teal Chrum, 12 Aug.2006 .
Remarks. – A single juvenile (SVL 97 mm) matches Wallach’s (2001) diagnosis reasonably well in having the preocular scale separate from the nasal scale; inferior nasal suture contacting the second supralabial; two postoculars; 28 midbody scale rows reducing to 24 posteriorly; eight rows of subcaudal scales; eye distinct with a pupil; parietals twice as broad as deep; and a gradual, lateral transition between the opaquely purple dorsal coloration (specimen nearly ready to shed) and the cream-colored venter. It differs from Wallach’s (2001) diagnosis in having 383 total middorsal scales as opposed to 298–341 ( Wallach, 2001:40; n = 6). In this regard, it falls within the range of T. muelleri (298–402), which has been reported from the central Cardamoms (Stuart & Emmett, 2006).
Although this is the first record of this species from Cambodia, it has been reported to range from India to Thailand and Vietnam (see David & Vogel, 1996) so its occurrence in Cambodia is not unexpected. The specimen was dug up from a garden by a villager.
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