| Grant's worm snake | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Antillotyphlops |
| Species: | A. granti |
| Binomial name | |
| Antillotyphlops granti (Ruthven & Gaige, 1935) | |
| Synonyms | |
Grant's worm snake (Antillotyphlops granti), also known commonly as the Guanica blindsnake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.
Etymology
The specific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.
Geographic range
A. granti is found in southwestern Puerto Rico, including Caja de Muertos, an island 8 miles (13 km) offshore from Ponce.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. granti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 100 m (330 ft).
Description
A. granti may attain a total length (including a short tail) of 21 cm (8.3 in).
Reproduction
A. granti is oviparous.
References
- ^ Joglar R, Thomas R (2017). "Antillotyphlops granti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T75607314A75608179. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T75607314A75608179.en. Downloaded on 9 August 2018.
- 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.
- ^ Antillotyphlops granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2020.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops granti, p. 106).
- 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 granti, p. 197).
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. (Antillotyphlops granti, new combination).
- Ruthven AG, Gaige HT (1935). "Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 307: 1–12. (Typhlops granti, new species, pp. 2–4, Figure 1).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Typhlops granti | |
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