Stomach content analyses of 28 Leptotyphlops humilis humilis and 17 L. dulcis dulcis indicate that these snakes feed extensively on ants and termites which compromise 54-64 ... literature on the blind snakes of the genus Leptotyphlops deals specifically with the systematics of the group ( ... the feeding behavior of the Western Blind Snake, Leptotyphlops humilis humilis, and the Texas Blind Snake, L. ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1974 - The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Journal of Herpetology
Donald G. Broadley, Van Wallach,
The species of Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (i.e. between 18°N and 12°S and between 29°E and ... pitmani) are described. Wallach & Lanza (2004) have revived Leptotyphlops braccianii (Scortecci) from the synonymy of L. macrorhynchus ( ... yemenicus Scortecci from the synonymy of L. nursii. Leptotyphlops monticolus (Chabanaud) is now revived from the synonymy ... latirostris Sternfeld is reinstated as a full species. Leptotyphlops nursii (Boulenger), long known from the Arabian peninsula, ...
Tópico(s): Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
2007 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
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Paulo Gustavo Homem Passos, Ulisses Caramaschi, Roberta R. Pinto,
Abstract A new species of Leptotyphlops dulcis group is described from the central Brazilian Cerrado, which is diagnosed by rostral shape, general colour pattern, and number of ... in some Brazilian collections and by some authors. Leptotyphlops koppesi was described from the municipality of Terenos, ... of L. koppesi. We redescrib the holotype of Leptotyphlops koppesi, defining its geographic range and diagnose this ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2006 - Brill | Amphibia-Reptilia
... lower jaw and suspensorium in a representative leptotyphlopid, Leptotyphlops dulcis , based on microanatomical studies of nearly 30 ... correlates of the mandibular raking mechanism used by Leptotyphlops , primarily involving specializations of the intramandibular joint and ... anatomical features of the jaw apparatus suggest that Leptotyphlops evolved from more typical snake‐like ancestors that: ...
Tópico(s): Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
2006 - Wiley | Journal of Morphology
WALLACH, V., and D.E. HAHN. 1997. Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Côte d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Afr. J. Herpetol. 46(2): 103–109. A new species of diminutive West African Leptotyphlops is described, based upon a series of 13 ... and female paratype, and a key to the Leptotyphlops of Côte d'Ivoire is presented.
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
1997 - Taylor & Francis | African Journal of Herpetology
Donald G. Broadley, Van Wallach,
A new species of Leptotyphlops is described on the basis of seven specimens from coastal Kenya and Tanzania. Leptotyphlops macrops is distinguished from all other species in ... shield and the presence of a unipartite testis. Leptotyphlops macrops is provisionally included in the L. longicaudus ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
1996 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
Edgar Lehr, Van Wallach, Günther Köhler, César Aguilar,
A new species of slender blind snake, Leptotyphlops alfredschmidti, is described from two localities (2940 and 3090 m) from the western Andean slopes of central Peru (Departamento de Ancash, Provincia de Huarmey). Leptotyphlops alfredschmidti is referred to the Leptotyphlops tesselatus group. The new species shares with Leptotyphlops teaguei and Leptotyphlops tricolor a tricolor body pattern of red, black, ...
Tópico(s): Animal and Plant Science Education
2002 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
Yehudah L. Werner, Karnina Drook,
The testis of the snake Leptotyphlops phillipsi Barbour (L. macrorhynchus Jan) consists of 4-15 distinct ellipsoid-like units. Each contains one or more seminiferous tubules. Each ...
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
1967 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
J. F. Watkins, Frederick R. Gehlbach, Robert S. Baldridge,
... supply at the ant nest site. Blind snakes (Leptotyphlops dulcis) are primarily fossorial but sometimes crawl or ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
1967 - Southwestern Association of Naturalists | The Southwestern Naturalist
Murray S. Blum, Jenny B. Byrd, James R. Travis, J. F. Watkins, Frederick R. Gehlbach,
... The cloacal sac secretion of the blind snake Leptotyphlops dulcis is composed primarily of a mucus-like ...
Tópico(s): Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
1971 - Elsevier BV | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry
shown to be conspecific with L. macrorhynchus. Leptotyphlops nursi is considered to be a race of L. blanfordi. Glauconia laticeps is removed from the synoymy of L. hamulirostris, and tentatively placed ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and biodiversity studies
1978 - The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Journal of Herpetology
In the present paper Leptotyphlops collaris nov. spec. from Surinam and French Guiana is described, whereas L. cupinensis Bailey & Carvalho, L. dimidiatus (Jan) and L ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1977 - Naturalis Biodiversity Center | Zoölogische mededelingen/Zo¨ologische mededelingen
... as the structure of the recessus scalae tympani. Leptotyphlops is more completely snake-like, but the two ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
1979 - Oxford University Press | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Produção Nacional
Felipe Franco Curcio, Hussam Zaher, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues,
... may well be common within their distributional range.Leptotyphlops brasiliensis seems to be one of such examples. ...
Tópico(s): Animal and Plant Science Education
2002 - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO | Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology
... new diminutive species of snakes of the genus Leptotyphlops from the Lesser Antilles: one from Saint Lucia ...
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
2008 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
... study of material, a revision and redescription of Leptotyphlops albipunctus was done, clearing the status of this ...
Tópico(s): Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
2006 - Asociación Herpetológica Argentina | Cuadernos de herpetología/Cuadernos de herpetología
Jonathan K. Webb, Richard Shine, William R. Branch, Peter S. Harlow,
... of two subspecies of an African thread snake, Leptotyphlops s. scutifrons and L. s. conjunctus . These small ( ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
2000 - Wiley | Journal of Zoology
Abstract A specimen of Leptotyphlops bicolor (Jan) from Mole National Park, Ghana, has the second supralabial in broad contact with the third and it becomes ... described from the White Nile. Key words: Serpentes Leptotyphlops bicolor L. dissimilis Ghanasubocular
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2004 - Taylor & Francis | African Journal of Herpetology
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Reinaldo José da Silva, É.O.P. Zica, Mario Zapata Cruz, J.C. O'Reilly, Marcello C. Costa,
... Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) na traqueia e esofago de Leptotyphlops koppesi (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) proveniente da Usina Hidreletrica Corumba ...
Tópico(s): Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
2005 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
James C. Kroll, Harley W. Reno,
Abstract The cloacal sacs of Leptotyphlops dulcis are nonglandular, posterior evaginations of the cloaca. The median cloacal gland is tubuloalveolar. Similar unpaired cloacal glands as well as ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1971 - Wiley | Journal of Morphology
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
1979 - Natural History Museum of Geneva | Revue suisse de zoologie
İsmail Hakkı Uğurtaş, Murat Sevinç, Mehmet Öz, Rahşen S. Kaya,
Four new localities of Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (JAN, 1862) were recorded in Turkey. Two of the localities were found within the previously known distribution area on ... side. As a result, the distribution range of Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus has been extended. Information about the morphological ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
2006 - Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) | TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Tópico(s): Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
1984 - Fundación Miguel Lillo | Acta Zoológica Lilloana
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
1940 - | Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History
... types, rare forms were taken. Tropiocolotes steudneri and Leptotyphlops philippsi were hitherto unknown from Palestine.
Tópico(s): Entomological Studies and Ecology
1943 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1960 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
Tópico(s): Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
1939 - | Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
1964 - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Copeia
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1964 - Museum of Comparative Zoology | Breviora
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
1965 - Museum of Comparative Zoology | Breviora