Bailey's blind snake

Bailey's blind snake (Trilepida anthracina) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Bailey's 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. anthracina
Binomial name
Trilepida anthracina
Bailey, 1946
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptotyphlops anthracinus
    Bailey, 1946
  • Tricheilostoma anthracinum
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida anthracina
    — Hedges, 2011

Geographic range

In Ecuador T. anthracina is found in Abituagua, Balzapamba, Baños de Agua Santa, and Zamora.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. anthracina is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).[1]

Description

Large and stout for its genus, T. anthracina may attain a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). Its coloration is uniformly black, both dorsally and ventrally.[5]

Behavior

T. anthracina is fossorial and sometimes diurnal.[1]

Diet

T. anthracina preys upon termites and insect larvae.[1]

Reproduction

T. anthracina is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Reyes-Puig, C. (2019). "Trilepida anthracina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203643A2769326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203643A2769326.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Species Trilepida anthracina 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. "Trilepida anthracina ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. Bailey (1946).

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 anthracinum, new combination).
  • Bailey JR (1946). "Leptotyphlops anthracinus, a new blind snake from eastern Ecuador". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (492): 1–5. (Leptotyphlops anthracinus, new species).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops anthracinus, p. 117).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida anthracina, new combination, p. 63).



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