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(Redirected from Leptotyphlops macrops) Species of snake

Goggle-eyed worm snake
Leptotyphlops macrops
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: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. macrops
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops macrops
Broadley & Wallach, 1996
Goggle-eyed worm snake range (in green)
Synonyms
Synonyms List
  • Glauconia emini
    Sternfeld, 1908
  • Glauconia longicauda
    Angel, 1925
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus conjunctus
    Spawls, 1978
  • Leptotyphlops nigricans
    Hallermann & Rödel, 1995
  • Leptotyphlops macrops
    Broadley & Wallach, 1996
  • Leptotyphlops macrops
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Leptotyphlops macrops
    Broadley & Wallach, 2007
  • Leptotyphlops macrops
    Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009
  • Leptotyphlops macrops
    Wallach, et al. 2014
  • Leptotyphlops macrops
    Spawls, et al. 2018

The goggle-eyed worm snake (Leptotyphlops macrops) is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. It lives entirely on the coast of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania in East Africa. It lives in savanna, forest, and artificial/terrestrial habitats. It's population is fragmented, their populations have extreme fluctuations, and are in decline. It was assessed on January 26, 2014 as conservation status Least Concern.

References

  1. Malonza, P.; Spawls, S. (2014). "Leptotyphlops macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T44979811A44979817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44979811A44979817.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Leptotyphlops macrops at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.com.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. 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. Leptotyphlops macrops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  6. Malonza, P. & Spawls (2022). "Leptotyphlops macrops (amended version of 2022 assessment): e.T44979811A217807671". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.

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Taxon identifiers
Leptotyphlops macrops


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