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Typhlops syntherus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops
Species:	T. syntherus
Binomial name
Typhlops syntherus Thomas [fr], 1965

Typhlops syntherus (common names: Barahona Peninsula blindsnake, Barahona worm snake ) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and occurs in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is oviparous. It is a relatively common species but occurs in an area with dense human population where it is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ Landestoy, M.; Hedges, B.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Typhlops syntherus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178255A77338641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178255A77338641.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ Typhlops syntherus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2017.
3. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
4. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 978-1-893777-00-2.

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