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Espírito Santo blind snake

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Species of snake

Espírito Santo 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. salgueiroi
Binomial name
Trilepida salgueiroi
Amaral, 1955
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops salgueiroi
    Amaral, 1955
  • Tricheilostoma salgueiroi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida salgueiroi
    — Hedges, 2011

The Espírito Santo blind snake (Trilepida salgueiroi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, salgueiroi, is in honor of W.S. Salgueiro who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

T. salgueiroi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. salgueiroi are forest and shrubland.

Description

Dorsally, T. salgueiroi is uniform dark brown. Ventrally, it is light brown, with a reticulate pattern formed by white scale edges.

Reproduction

T. salgueiroi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2019). "Trilepida salgueiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203651A123738395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203651A123738395.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Trilepida salgueiroi 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 salgueiroi, p. 231).

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 salgueiroi, new combination).
  • Amaral A ("1954" ). "Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios neotrópicos: 14. Descrição de duas espécies novas de 'cobra-cega' (fam. Leptotyphlopidae) ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 26: 203–205. (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, new species, p. 203). (in Portuguese).
  • Hedges, S. Blair (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida salgueiroi, new combination, p. 63).


Taxon identifiers
Trilepida salgueiroi


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