Biology:Typhlophis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Anomalepididae |
| Genus: | Typhlophis Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species: | T. squamosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlophis squamosus (Schlegel, 1839)
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- Common names: (none).
Typhlophis is a monotypic genus created for the blind snake species, Typhlophis squamosus, found along the Atlantic coast of South America from the Guianas to Pará in Brazil , as well as in Trinidad. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Geographic range
Typhlophis squamosus is found in the Atlantic coastal lowlands of South America in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana as far south as the state of Pará in Brazil . It is also found on the island of Trinidad. The type locality given is "Cayenne" (French Guiana).[1]
Description
The head of T. squamosus is covered with small scales, which are indistinguishable from the body scales.[4]
Etymology
The synonym, Typhlophis ayarzaguenai, was named in honor of Venezuelan herpetologist José Ayarzagüena.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
- ↑ "Typhlophis squamosus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209625. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Typhlophis squamosus, p. 86 + line drawing of head scales on p. 83).
- ↑ 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. (Typhlophis ayarzaguenai, p. 13).
External links
- Typhlophis squamosus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Typhlophis, p. 57; species T. squamosus, p. 57).
- Kok, Philippe; Rivas Fuenmayor, Gilson (2008). "Typhlophis ayarzaguenai Señaris, 1998 is a junior synonym of Typhlophis squamosus (Schlegel, 1839)". Reptilia-Amphibia 29 (4): 555-558.
- Schlegel H (1839). Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter AMPHIBIEN, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen, herausgegeben und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. xiv + 141 pp. (Typhlops squamosus, new species, p. 36). (in German).
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