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Species of reptile from the Lesser Antilles

Dominican blind snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Antillotyphlops
Species: A. dominicanus
Binomial name
Antillotyphlops dominicanus
(Stejneger, 1904)
Synonyms

Typhlops cinereus
Typhlops dominicana
Typhlops dominicanus

The Dominican blind snake or Dominican worm snake (Antillotyphlops dominicanus) is a species of blind snake that is endemic to the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles.

It is widespread, mainly in coastal xeric woodland and associated cultivated lands, but it is uncommonly seen because of its burrowing habits. It can reach 385 mm long. It has a small, rounded head, and colored brown all over, with a lighter ventral surface.

The Guadeloupe blind snake (A. guadeloupensis), endemic to Guadeloupe, is sometimes described as a subspecies, A. d. guadeloupensis, with the Dominican population then classified as the nominate subspecies, A. d. dominicanus.

References

  1. Powell, R. (2019). "Antillotyphlops dominicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T75607267A75608149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T75607267A75608149.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Antillotyphlops dominicanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  • Evans, Peter G.H.; James, Arlington (1997). Dominica, Nature Island of the Caribbean: Wildlife Checklists. Dominica Ministry of Tourism. p. 20.
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S.; Hypolite, Eric; James, Arlington (2007). "A report on the status of the herpetofauna of the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies". Appl. Herpetol. 4: 177–94. doi:10.1163/157075407780681365.
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. p. 41. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.

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Taxon identifiers
Typhlops dominicanus


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