A New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Tricheilostoma from Espinhaço Range, Brazil and Taxonomic Status of Rena dimidiata (Jan, 1861) (Serpentes: Epictinae: Leptotyphlopidae)

Roberta R. Pinto; Ronaldo Fernandes

doi:10.1643/CH-11-040

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Roberta R. Pinto,¹ Ronaldo Fernandes¹

¹1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Designation and description of a neotype and geographic variation of the blind snake Rena dimidiata are presented here on the basis of a noted sample, providing a question on its generic identity, and proposing a new taxonomic combination. Rena dimidiata is recognized here as a species of Tricheilostoma, based on putative characters published in a recent paper, additional external traits and hemipenial characters. Morphometric and meristic characters for all species of Tricheilostoma are described herein. Additionally, a new species of Tricheilostoma is described from Espinhaço Range, Brazil.

2012 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

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Roberta R. Pinto and Ronaldo Fernandes "A New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Tricheilostoma from Espinhaço Range, Brazil and Taxonomic Status of Rena dimidiata () (Serpentes: Epictinae: Leptotyphlopidae)," Copeia 2012(1), 37-48, (30 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-11-040

Received: 23 March 2011; Accepted: 1 October 2011; Published: 30 March 2012

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