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Species of snake

Dugand's 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: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species: T. dugandi
Binomial name
Trilepida dugandi
Dunn, 1944
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops dugandi
    Dunn, 1944
  • Tricheilostoma dugandi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida dugandi
    — Hedges, 2011

Dugand's blind snake (Trilepida dugandi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, dugandi, is in honor of Colombian naturalist Armando Dugand.

Geographic range

T. dugandi is found in Atlántico Department, Colombia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. dugandi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft), but it has also been found in rural gardens.

Description

Dorsally, T. dugandi is brown with seven dark copper stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.

Reproduction

T. dugandi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Ortega A, Caicedo J (2015). "Trilepida dugandi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T203646A115351657. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T203646A2769347.en. Downloaded on 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ Species Trilepida dugandi 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. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 76).
  6. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 118).

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 dugandi, new combination).
  • Dunn ER (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". Caldasia 3 (11): 47–55. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, new species, pp. 52–53).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida dugandi, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Trilepida dugandi


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