Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence
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Pyron, Robert Alexander
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Wallach, Van
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Zootaxa
2014
3829
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10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1
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TABLE 6. Visceral character states comparing Letheobia jubana and Let. leucosticta with Afrotyphlops (AFR) and Letheobia (LET), based on measurement of the specimens in Appendix II (part). Characters are as follows: data in sections (A)-(D) represent sample means as % SVL; organ lengths (PT = posterior tip) are included in section (A); organ midpoints (MP) are listed in section (B); organ gaps (GAP) and intervals (INT) are compiled in section (C); organ midpoint intervals (MP-MP INT) are included in section (D); meristic values are listed in section (E); ratios of two characters listed in (F).| Taxon | AFR | jubana | LET | leucosticta |
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| Sample size | n = 150 | n = 5 | n = 84 | n = 1 |
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| (A) | | | | |
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| Hyoid PT | 12.4 | 8 | 6.3 | 8.7 |
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| Heart | 4.5 | 4 | 3.6 | 5.5 |
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| Right kidney | 4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
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| Left kidney | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
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| Total (left + right) kidney | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 8.5 |
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| Rectal caecum | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
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| Trachea | 34.6 | 27.8 | 28.7 | 33 |
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| Tracheal lung | 22.1 | 11.8 | 16.8 | 20.6 |
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| Right lung PT | 53.6 | 43.6 | 47.2 | 45.3 |
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| Right bronchus | 3.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 4.1 |
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| Right bronchus PT | 39.4 | 35.8 | 36.8 | 38.4 |
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| Trachea + bronchus | 38 | 34.9 | 36 | 37.1 |
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| (B) | | | | |
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| Heart MP | 33.7 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 31.6 |
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| Total (left + right) liver MP | 49 | 41.3 | 44.4 | 45.4 |
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| Right kidney MP | 80.3 | 83.8 | 85.6 | 89.4 |
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| Left kidney MP | 82.6 | 87.4 | 87.4 | 90.6 |
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| Total (left +right) kidney MP | 81.5 | 85.6 | 86.5 | 90 |
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| Trachea MP | 18.7 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 17.8 |
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| Right lung MP | 44.8 | 36.2 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
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| Trachea + bronchus MP | 20.4 | 18.3 | 18.8 | 37.1 |
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| Tracheal lung MP | 20.2 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 19.9 |
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| (C) | | | | |
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| Snout-heart INT | 36 | 28.7 | 29.5 | 34.3 |
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| Heart-gall baldder GAP | 27.3 | 33.5 | 36.8 | 32 |
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| Liver-gall bladder GAP | 2.1 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
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| Liver-gall bladder INT | 27 | 33.9 | 36 | 31.6 |
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| Liver-kidney GAP | 17.2 | 29.5 | 25.2 | 28.4 |
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| Liver-kidney INT | 46.5 | 58.8 | 57.5 | 61.1 |
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| Gall bladder-kidney GAP | 13.3 | 18.3 | 16.5 | 19.5 |
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| Kidney-vent GAP | 15.4 | 11 | 11 | 7.1 |
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| Kidney-vent INT | 21.6 | 17.9 | 16 | 12.6 |
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