Excerpt from Typhlops Lazelli: A New Species of Chinese Blindsnake From Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)Cephalic glands confined to sutures between scales. One pair of lateral tongue papillae present just proximal to level of bifur cation of lingual tips.Middorsal nine scale rows pigmented lightly brown with a darker brown spot covering anterior of scale; midventral nine rows lightly stippled in brown with white background and outer margins. Anterior snout (most of rostral, nasals, peroculars, oculars, and labials), chin, and throat white; a median longitudinal white bar occurs on throat of holotype. Rostral of holotype white with central brown bar; in paratype the entire rostral is brown. Ventrally, the cloacal region to tail tip white. Paratype with a few scattered midventral white scales.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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