Letheobia caeca (Duméril, 1856)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13236757 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD3487EC-2E6A-FFFF-FF41-FDAAE2F67C91 |
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Felipe |
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Letheobia caeca (Duméril, 1856) |
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Letheobia caeca (Duméril, 1856) View in CoL
On 15 March 2017 at 14h00 SM found an individual in Bakoumba (RBINS 18507). It shows a uniformly pinkish color; a snout-vent length of 260 mm, a tail length of 4.7 mm, a midbody diameter of 3.8 mm, a ratio total length/midbody diameter of 69.7; 22-22-22 scale rows, all smooth; a rostral with parallel sides; a longitudinally enlarged frontal; long supranasals; and a T-0 supralabial imbrication pattern. Its eyes are invisible. New Prov. record (this fossorial species was not recorded from Haut-Ogooué Prov. by Wallach 2005; Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008). This snake is possibly widespread in the country, but rarely observed due to its subterranean habits.
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