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Species of snake

Bailey's blind snake
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species: T. anthracina
Binomial name
Trilepida anthracina
Bailey, 1946
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops anthracinus
    Bailey, 1946
  • Tricheilostoma anthracinum
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida anthracina
    — Hedges, 2011

Bailey's blind snake (Trilepida anthracina) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Geographic range

In Ecuador T. anthracina is found in Abituagua, Balzapamba, Baños de Agua Santa, and Zamora.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. anthracina is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).

Description

Large and stout for its genus, T. anthracina may attain a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). Its coloration is uniformly black, both dorsally and ventrally.

Behavior

T. anthracina is fossorial and sometimes diurnal.

Diet

T. anthracina preys upon termites and insect larvae.

Reproduction

T. anthracina is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Reyes-Puig, C. (2019). "Trilepida anthracina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203643A2769326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203643A2769326.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Trilepida anthracina at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. "Trilepida anthracina ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. Bailey (1946).

Further reading

  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Tricheilostoma anthracinum, new combination).
  • Bailey JR (1946). "Leptotyphlops anthracinus, a new blind snake from eastern Ecuador". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (492): 1–5. (Leptotyphlops anthracinus, new species).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops anthracinus, p. 117).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida anthracina, new combination, p. 63).


Taxon identifiers
Trilepida anthracina


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