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Thomas's blind snake
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Mitophis
Species: M. pyrites
Binomial name
Mitophis pyrites
Thomas, 1965
Synonyms

Leptotyphlops pyrites

Thomas's blind snake (Mitophis pyrites) is an endangered species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, where it is found in the Sud-Est Department in Haiti and Pedernales Province in the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. Hedges, B.; Inchaustegui, S.; Landestoy, M. (2016). "Mitophis pyrites". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T75601781A75607599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75601781A75607599.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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).
  3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Mitophis pyrites at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Taxon identifiers
Mitophis pyrites

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