Biology:Siagonodon

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Siagonodon
Siagonodon borrichianus.jpg
Siagonodon borrichianus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Siagonodon
W. Peters, 1881

Siagonodon is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus contains five species, all of which were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species

The genus Siagonodon contains the following species.[1]

  • Siagonodon borrichianus (Degerbøl, 1923) – Degerbol's blind snake
  • Siagonodon cupinensis (J.R. Bailey & A.L. Carvalho, 1946) – Mato Grosso blind snake
  • Siagonodon exiguum Martins, Folly, Nunes-Ferreira, Garcia da Silva, Koch, Fouquet, Machado, Lopes, Pinto, Rodrigues, & Passos, 2023
  • Siagonodon septemstriatus (J. Schneider, 1801) – seven-striped blind snake

References

  1. Genus Siagonodon at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen: 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen ". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (4): 69–71. (Siagonodon, new genus, p. 71). (in German).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3164378 entry