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(Redirected from Leptotyphlops septemstriatus) Species of snake

Seven-striped 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: Siagonodon
Species: S. septemstriatus
Binomial name
Siagonodon septemstriatus
(Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms

The seven-striped blind snake (Siagonodon septemstriatus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.

Geographic range

S. septemstriatus is found in Bolivia, northern Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southeastern Venezuela.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. septemstriatus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).

Description

S. septemstriatus is yellowish, with seven black stripes along the dorsal scales. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 27 cm (11 in), with a tail 1 cm (0.39 in) long.

Behavior

S. septemstriatus is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

S. septemstriatus is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hoogmoed M, Nogueira C (2019). "Siagonodon septemstriatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56050458A56050497.en. Accessed on 08 March 2022.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Glauconia septemstriata, p. 71).
  3. ^ Siagonodon septemstriatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  5. "Leptotyphlops septemstriatus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Further reading

  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops septemstriatus, p. 118).
  • Mertens R (1925). "Der Fundort von Leptotyphlops septemstriatus Schneider ". Senckenbergiana 7 (3/4): 78–79. (in German).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012) "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Schneider JG (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Jena: F. Frommann. vi + 374 pp. + Plates I–II. (Typhlopes septemstriatus, new species, p. 341). (in Latin).


Taxon identifiers
Siagonodon septemstriatus


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