Biology:Grenada worm snake
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Short description: Species of snake
| Grenada worm snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Amerotyphlops |
| Species: | A. tasymicris
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| Binomial name | |
| Amerotyphlops tasymicris (Thomas, 1974)
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The Grenada worm snake or Grenada Bank blindsnake (Amerotyphlops tasymicris) is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Grenada, an island in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.
It reaches a total length of 180 mm. It has light lines on its dorsal surface, and its ventral surface is unpigmented.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. (2011). "Amerotyphlops tasymicris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T194268A115333951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T194268A8889835.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194268/115333951. Retrieved 14 January 2018.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- Sources
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd.. p. 108. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
External links
- Typhlops tasymicris at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Amerotyphlops tasymicris at the Reptile Database
Wikidata ☰ Q677057 entry
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