Trinidad worm snake

Trinidad worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Amerotyphlops
Species: A. trinitatus
Binomial name
Amerotyphlops trinitatus
(Richmond, 1965)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Typhlops trinitatus
    Richmond, 1965
  • Amerotyphlops trinitatus
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Typhlops trinitatus
    — Wallach et al., 2014

The Trinidad worm snake[4] or Trinidad burrowing snake,[5] (Amerotyphlops trinitatus) is a harmless blind snake species endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

Description

It grows to a maximum total length (including tail) of 24 cm (9.4 in).[5]

Geographic range

Found mostly on the island of Tobago, it is known from widely scattered locations, and from a single location on the island of Trinidad, which happens to be the type locality. This is described as "Trinidad [County of St. George], ... Arima Road, 3 miles above [north of] Simla [Research Station]".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, J. 2016. Amerotyphlops trinitatus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75606981A115491631. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75606981A75608104.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2018.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Amerotyphlops trinitatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 "Typhlops trinitatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  5. 1 2 Boos HEA. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. xvi + 270 pp. + Plates 1-48. ISBN 1-58544-116-3. (Typhlops trinitatus, p. 45 + Plate 1).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Amerotyphlops trinitatus, new combination).
  • Richmond ND. 1965. A new species of blind snake, Typhlops, from Trinidad. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 78: 121-124. (Typhlops trinitatus, new species).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.