FIGURE 1 in A new species of Malagasy blind snake of the genus Typhlops Oppel (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

FIGURE 1. Typhlops rajeryi sp. nov., holotype (ZSM1589/2008). (A) Photograph of the freshly dead specimen. Alive, the individual had a pink head gradually paling toward a whitish caudal end. After several months in alcohol, it turned beige-yellow. Red punctures on the rostral part correspond to petechia, probably of accidental origin. (B) Lateral view of the head. (C) Dorsal view of the head. F: frontal, IP: interparietal, N (N1+N2): nasals, P: parietal, PO: preocular, R: rostral, SL1 and SL4: first and fourth supralabial, SO: supraocular. Bar = 1 mm.Published as part of Renoult, Julien P. & Raselimanana, Achille P., 2009, A new species of Malagasy blind snake of the genus Typhlops Oppel (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 2290 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19135