Table 1 in A new species of the genus Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Anomalepididae) from Colombia and the synonymization of Liotyphlops beui (Amaral, 1924) with Liotyphlops ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896)

Table 1. Meristic characters of species of Liotyphlops from the specimens examined in this study, presented as ranges with minimum, maximum, and mode in parentheses. SPEP = number of scales contacting posterior edge of prefrontal; SPEN = number of scales contacting posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontal; SFVRD = number of scales in the first vertical row of dorsals; SL = number of supralabial scales; IL = number of infralabial scales; ASR = number of anterior scale rows around body; MSR = number of scale rows around the midbody; PSR = number of posterior scale rows around body; DSR = number of dorsal scale rows; VSR = number of ventral scales rows; SC = number of subcaudal scales. n = number of specimens examined in this study. a = number of specimens examined by Santos and Reis (2018). b = number of specimens examined by Centeno et al. (2010). c = number of specimens examined by Freire et al. (2007). d = number of specimens examined by Linares-Vargas et al. (2021).
Species/CountnSPEPSPENSFVRDSLILASRMSRPSRDSRVSRSCL. albirostris a63-3(3)1-1(1)5-5(5)4-4(4)3-3(3)24-26(26)22-22(22)22-22(22)432-478417-45312-17(12)L. anops a34-4(4)2-2(2)5-6(5)4-4(4)3-3(3)26-26(26)24-24(24)24-24(24)562-597531-57212-14L. argaleus a14144325232249747216L. beui a503-3(3)2-2(2)5-6(5)4-4(4)3-3(3)22-26(22)20-22(22)20-22(20)366-532(453)348-511(364)11-22(12)L. bondensis d1731443242222363-449347-43411-17L. caissara b13143322202032630810L. haadi a23-3(3)1-1(1)4-4(4)4-4(4)3-3(3)20-20(20)19-2018-20333-384309-34811-12L. palauophis14264328262657356119L. schubarti a53-3(3)2-2(2)5-5(5)4-4(4)3-3(3)22-24(22)20-22(20)20-20(20)417-463398-45111-14(13)L. sousai a14264324222043942713L. taylori a13254222202045544114L. ternetzii a503-3(3)2-2(2)5-6(5)4-4(4)3-3(3)22-26(22)20-23(20)20-22(20)353-539(417)341-514(381)11-22(15)L. trefauti c24-4(4)1-1(1)5-5(5)4-4(4)4-4(4)22-22(22)22-22(22)22-22(22)520-543499-5318(8)L. wilderi a33-3(3)1-1(1)4-4(4)4-4(4)3-3(3)22-24(22)22-22(22)20-21(20)385-402371-38312-19(12)