Espírito Santo blind snake

Espírito Santo blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Trilepida
Species: T. salgueiroi
Binomial name
Trilepida salgueiroi
Amaral, 1955
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptotyphlops salgueiroi
    Amaral, 1955
  • Tricheilostoma salgueiroi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida salgueiroi
    — Hedges, 2011

The Espírito Santo blind snake (Trilepida salgueiroi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, salgueiroi, is in honor of W.S. Salgueiro who collected the holotype.[4]

Geographic range

T. salgueiroi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Trilepida salgueiroi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, p. 231).

Further reading

  • Amaral A ("1954" [1955]). "Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios neotrópicos: 14. Descrição de duas espécies novas de 'cobra-cega' (fam. Leptotyphlopidae) ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 26: 203-205. (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, new species, p. 203). (in Portuguese).
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