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Gonâve Island worm snake

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(Redirected from Typhlops gonavensis) Species of snake

Gonâve Island worm 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: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. gonavensis
Binomial name
Typhlops gonavensis
Richmond, 1964
Synonyms
  • Typhlops capitulatus gonavensis

The Gonâve Island worm snake (Typhlops gonavensis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.

References

  1. Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Hedges, B. (2017) . "Typhlops gonavensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T75607309A115492629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607309A75608174.en. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  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. Typhlops gonavensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

Further reading

  • Richmond ND. 1964. The Blind Snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with Descriptions of Three New Species. Breviora (202): 1–12. ("Typhlops gonavensis sp. nov.", pp. 3–4, Figure 2).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. ("Typhlops capitulata gonavensis ", p. 197).
Taxon identifiers
Typhlops gonavensis


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