Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13258253 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87B6-436F-F408-DE35-8FF9FB5CFA82 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854) |
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Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854) View in CoL
Zambezi Blind Snake
Material. MOUNT LICO (base): PEM R23931 (skin). Identification. The third supralabial is not overlapping with the ocular shield, the snout is sharply angular with a broad oval-shaped rostral, and the dorsal pattern is blotched. The closest match on GenBank is A. mucruso from Mozambique (93% sequence similarity; AY612022 ) . Comments. This is one of the largest species of typhlopid in Africa. The specimen was killed and brought to us by local villagers.
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Port Elizabeth Museum |
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