Liotyphlops Peters 1881
Creators: name: Antúnez-Fonseca, Cristopher A.
name: Ramos-Galdamez, Josue
name: Solís, José Mario
name: Diaz-Ricaurte, Juan C.
name: Wilson, Larry David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Squamata
Anomalepididae
Liotyphlops

description: Key to species of the genus Liotyphlops
1. Number of subcaudals five or fewer........................................................... L. caracasensis Number of subcaudals eight or more...................................................................... 2
2. Supralabials three......................................................................................3 Supralabials four...................................................................................... 4
3. Four scales on first vertical row of body........................................................... L. caissara Three scales on first vertical row of body....................................................... L. pino sp. nov.
4. Three scales contacting posterior edge of prefrontal.......................................................... 5 Four scales contacting posterior edge of prefrontal.......................................................... 12
5. One scale contacting posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontal.............................. 6 Two scales contacting posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontals........................... 10
6. Scales around midbody 19–20..................................................................... L. haadi Scales around midbody 22.............................................................................. 7
7. Five scales on first vertical row of body.......................................................... L. albirostris Four scales on first vertical row of body................................................................... 8
8. Posterior scale rows of body 20–21................................................................ L. wilderi Posterior scale rows of body 22.......................................................................... 9
9. Third supralabial scale does not contact ocular scale................................................. L. bondensis Third supralabial scale contacting the ocular scale.................................................... L. petersii
10. Infralabials two................................................................................. L. taylori Infralabials three..................................................................................... 11
11. Nasal scale in contact with second supralabial...................................................... L. schubarti Nasal scale separated from second supralabial by small accessory scale.................................. L. ternetzii
12. Four scales on first vertical row of body........................................................... L. argaleus Five to six scales on first vertical rows of body............................................................. 13
13. Infralabials four............................................................................... L. trefauti Infralabials three..................................................................................... 14
14. Scales around midbody 24........................................................................ L. anops Scales around midbody 26.................................................................... L. palauophis.
description: Published as part of Antúnez-Fonseca, Cristopher A., Ramos-Galdamez, Josue, Solís, José Mario, Diaz-Ricaurte, Juan C. & Wilson, Larry David, 2024, A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Caribbean coast of Honduras, pp. 97-110 in Zootaxa 5543 (1) on pages 106-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/14385228