Espírito Santo blind snake

The Espírito Santo blind snake (Trilepida salgueiroi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Espírito Santo blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species:
T. salgueiroi
Binomial name
Trilepida salgueiroi
Amaral, 1955
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptotyphlops salgueiroi
    Amaral, 1955
  • Tricheilostoma salgueiroi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida salgueiroi
    — Hedges, 2011

Etymology

The specific name, salgueiroi, is in honor of W.S. Salgueiro who collected the holotype.[5]

Geographic range

T. salgueiroi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. salgueiroi are forest and shrubland.[1]

Description

Dorsally, T. salgueiroi is uniform dark brown. Ventrally, it is light brown, with a reticulate pattern formed by white scale edges.[2]

Reproduction

T. salgueiroi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2019). "Trilepida salgueiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203651A123738395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203651A123738395.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Species Trilepida salgueiroi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  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. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 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
  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Tricheilostoma salgueiroi, new combination).
  • 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).
  • Hedges, S. Blair (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida salgueiroi, new combination, p. 63).



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