Gonâve Island worm snake

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

The Gonâve Island worm snake (Typhlops gonavensis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Landestoy, M., Inchaustegui, S. & Hedges, B. 2016. Typhlops gonavensis (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75607309A115492629. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607309A75608174.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2018.
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  3. 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).
  4. Typhlops gonavensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

Further reading

  • Richmond ND. 1964. The Blind Snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with Descriptions of Three New Species. Breviora (202): 1-12. ("Typhlops gonavensis sp. nov.", pp. 3–4, Figure 2).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. ("Typhlops capitulata gonavensis ", p. 197).


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