Osteology of the skull of the blind snake Helminthophis flavoterminatus (Peters, 1857) (Serpentes, Anomalepididae)

IF 1.6 2区生物学 Q2 ZOOLOGY

Zoosystematics and Evolution Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI:10.3897/zse.100.118068

Fidélis Júnio Marra Santos

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Abstract

The blind snake Helminthophis flavoterminatus (Peters, 1857) is a species of Anomalepididae with distribution throughout northwestern Venezuela and western Colombia. Its osteology is poorly known, and thus this study presents information on its skull structure based on High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography. The absence of the supraoccipital bone can be used for the determination of H. flavoterminatus in relation to its congeners, Helminthophis frontalis (Peters, 1860) and Helminthophis praeocularis Amaral, 1924.

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盲蛇 Helminthophis flavoterminatus (Peters, 1857) 头骨的骨骼学（蛇类，Anomalepididae）

盲蛇 Helminthophis flavoterminatus (Peters, 1857) 是一种分布于委内瑞拉西北部和哥伦比亚西部的无尾目蛇科动物。人们对它的骨学知之甚少，因此本研究根据高分辨率 X 射线计算机断层扫描技术提供了有关其头骨结构的信息。枕骨上骨的缺失可用于确定H. flavoterminatus与其同类Helminthophis frontalis (Peters, 1860) 和Helminthophis praeocularis Amaral, 1924的关系。

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Zoosystematics and Evolution ZOOLOGY-

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3.50

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5.00%

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16 weeks

期刊介绍： Zoosystematics and Evolution, formerly Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, is an international, open access, peer-reviewed life science journal devoted to whole-organism biology. It publishes original research and review articles in the field of Metazoan taxonomy, biosystematics, evolution, morphology, development and biogeography at all taxonomic levels. The journal''s scope encompasses primary information from collection-related research, taxonomic descriptions and discoveries, revisions, annotated type catalogues, aspects of the history of science, and contributions on new methods and principles of systematics. Articles whose main topic is ecology, functional anatomy, physiology, or ethology are only acceptable when of systematic or evolutionary relevance and perspective.