Excerpt from Typhlops Lazelli: A New Species of Chinese Blindsnake From Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)Visceral characters have been defined and discussed in Wallach (1985, l993, a, 1994, 1996, l998a, b), Broadley and Wallach and Wallach and Ineich All values of organ lengths, gaps, intervals, and segments are given as percent snout vent length svl), followed only by the Sign. Organ lengths, measured as the maximum anterior - posterior distance, are followed parenthetically by the organ midpoint (mp) value, also as svl. Organ gaps are defined as the distance between two organs (posterior tip of cranial organ to anterior tip of caudal organ); organ intervals are defined as the distance between two organs including the length of both organs (anterior tip of cranial organ to posterior tip of caudal organ). Organ midpoint segments are defined as the distance from the midpoint of one organ to the midpoint of another organ.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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