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Rhinotyphlops nigrocandidus
Broadley & Wallach, 2000
Current name: Rhinotyphlops nigrocandidus
Holotype: ZMUC R52223 |
Material in: ZMUC |
Original description
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Additional information
Probably endemic to Tanzania as this species is known only from seven specimens collected in three different parts of the Eastern Arc Mountains: Udzungwa, Uluguru and Ukuguru mountains. Little is known about its biology, but the known specimens were either found inside montane forest (typically under logs or in heaps of soil and vegetation) or hoed up in a shampa bordering montane forest.
[Reference: Broadley, D.G. & Van Wallach 2000. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from montane forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology, 49 (2): 165-168]
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Estimated African distribution:
Digitised distribution records not available. |
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