Typhlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld
Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, Van, 2009, 2255, Zootaxa 2255, pp. 1-100 : 25-26
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Typhlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld
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Tanga blind-snake
Typhlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld, 1910b , Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 5(1): 69. Type locality: “ Tanga, Deutsch-Ostafrika ” [= Tanzania], syntypes MCZ 39798, ZMB 20729, ZMB 63442 (formerly 20729A), ZMB 63443 (formerly 20729B), collected by Martienssen; Sternfeld, 1910c: 11; Boulenger, 1915b: 615; Werner, 1921: 299; Schmidt, 1923: 33; Loveridge, 1924: 3, 1957b: 243; Uthmöller, 1941a: 40; Barbour & Loveridge, 1946: 210; Roux-Estève, 1974: 45, figs. 13.8 & 26, 1975a: 490, fig. 30; Hahn, 1977: 37, 1980: 67; Welch, 1982: 129, 1994: 73; Broadley & Howell, 1991: 21; Meirte, 1992: 23; Frank & Ramus, 1995: 254; Wallach, 1998a: 183, 1998b: 422; Mattison, 1999: 148; McDiarmid et al., 1999: 113; Bauer et al., 2002: 165; Spawls et al., 2002: 285, 2006: 92; Murphy, 2003: 552; Brogard, 2005: 115.
Description. Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral oval; frontal a laterally truncated crescent; supraocular oblique, its lateral apex between preocular and ocular; eye distinct, under ocular; nasal sulcus arising from the second labial and extending forward towards the rostral, so that the nasal is almost divided; SIP T-III-P (N1, P, P/O, O); MSR 24; MD 400–425 (mean 414.7, n = 4); vertebrae 218–227 (mean 222.7, n = 3); MD/V ratio 1.83–1.87 (mean 1.86, n = 3); L/D ratio 50–60 (mean 55.0, n = 4). Pale reddish-yellow, paler below. Largest specimen (MCZ 39798— Tanga, Tanzania) has a total length of 273 mm.
Distribution. Northeastern Tanzania, NSL ( Fig. 11). Known only from the four syntypes.
Localities. Tanzania: Tanga. MCZ 39798; ZMB 20729, 20729 View Materials A–B (syntypes of Typhlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld ).
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| Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, Van 2009 |
Typhlops platyrhynchus
| Spawls, S. & Howell, K. M. & Drewes, R. C. 2006: 92 |
| Brogard, J. 2005: 115 |
| Murphy, J. B. 2003: 552 |
| Spawls, S. & Howell, K. M. & Drewes, R. C. & Ashe, J. 2002: 285 |
| Mattison, C. 1999: 148 |
| McDiarmid, R. W. & Campbell, J. A. & Toure, T. A. 1999: 113 |
| Wallach, V. 1998: 183 |
| Wallach, V. 1998: 422 |
| Frank, N. & Ramus, E. 1995: 254 |
| Welch, K. R. G. 1994: 73 |
| Meirte, D. 1992: 23 |
| Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991: 21 |
| Welch, K. R. G. 1982: 129 |
| Hahn, D. E. 1980: 67 |
| Hahn, D. E. 1977: 37 |
| Roux-Esteve, R. 1974: 45 |
| Loveridge, A. 1957: 243 |
| Barbour, T. & Loveridge, A. 1946: 210 |
| Uthmoller, W. 1941: 40 |
| Loveridge, A. 1924: 3 |
| Schmidt, K. P. 1923: 33 |
| Werner, F. 1921: 299 |
| Boulenger, G. A. 1915: 615 |
| Sternfeld, R. 1910: 11 |