Taylor's worm snake
species of reptile
Taylor's worm snake (Malayotyphlops canlaonensis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family, endemic to Negros Island in the Philippines. It was described by Edward Harrison Taylor in 1917 based on a single specimen collected from Canlaon Volcano.
Description
The head is slightly wider than the body and somewhat depressed, with a moderately projecting snout. The rostral scale is elliptic and distinctly wider posteriorly than at the tip, not reaching the level of the eyes, and more than one-third the width of the head. The nostrils are lateral and not visible from above. The large nasal scales are not in contact behind the rostral and are only partially divided by the nasal cleft, which arises from the second labial scale and runs through the nostril. The nasal scales contact the first three labials.
The preocular scale of Malayotyphlops canlaonensis is narrowed to a point dorsally and in contact with the supraocular above and the third labial below. The ocular is rectangular, narrowing both above and below, in contact with the third and fourth labials, and bordered behind by two (three on the left) enlarged body scales. The prefrontal scale is wider than tall and larger than the frontal, which is slightly wider than long.
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