Leptotyphlops brevissima Shreve, 1964

Cruz-Rodríguez, Cristian, Lynch, John D., Cárdenas, Julieth S. & Caicedo-Portilla, José Rancés, 2021, Type specimens housed in the herpetological collections at Museo de La Salle Bogotá and their historical importance for the consolidation of herpetology in Colombia, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 261-292 : 288

Leptotyphlops brevissima Shreve, 1964 .

Holotype ILS 1311 (= actual acronym MLS) ( fig. 63 ), male. “Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia.” Brother Nicéforo María in Feb. 1951.

Remarks: Specimen MLS 1311 is hydrated and in good state of preservation.

Figures

FIGURE 63. Holotype of Leptotyphlops brevissima, MLS 1311, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).