Typhlops capitulatus

Typhlops capitulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Typhlops
Species: T. capitulatus
Binomial name
Typhlops capitulatus
Richmond, 1964
Synonyms
  • Typhlops capitulata

Typhlops capitulatus, commonly known as the Haitian pale-lipped blind snake[1] or Richmond's worm snake,[2][3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Powell R; Wallach V. (2010). "Typhlops capitulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Richmond", p. 221).
  3. ↑ "Typhlops capitulatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  5. ↑ 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).

Further reading

  • Richmond ND. 1964. The Blind Snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with Descriptions of Three New Species. Breviora (202): 1-12. ("Typhlops capitulatus sp. nov.", pp. 2–3, Figure 1).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. ("Typhlops capitulata [sic]", pp. 196–197).


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