Leptotyphlops salgueiroi
| Leptotyphlops salgueiroi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. salgueiroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1955 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, commonly known as the Espírito Santo blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, salgueiroi, is in honor of W.S. Salgueiro who collected the holotype.[4]
Geographic range
L. salgueiroi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Trilepida salgueiroi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, p. 231).
Further reading
- Amaral A ("1954" [1955]). "Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios neotrópicos: 14. Descrição de duas espécies novas de 'cobra-cega' (fam. Leptotyphlopidae) ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 26: 203-205. (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, new species, p. 203). (in Portuguese).
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