Biology:Typhlophis

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Typhlophis
Typhlophis squamosus 154618232.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Typhlophis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species:
T. squamosus
Binomial name
Typhlophis squamosus
(Schlegel, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Typhlophis
    Fitzinger, 1843
  • Cephalolepis
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844

  • Typhlops squamosus
    Schlegel, 1839
  • Cephalolepis leucocephalus
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Typhlops squammosus [sic]
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
    (ex errore)
  • Anilios (?) squamosus
    — Gray, 1845
  • Cephalolepis squamosus
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1860
  • Typhlophis squamosus
    — Boulenger, 1893[1]
  • Typhlophis ayarzaguenai
    Señaris, 1998
  • Typhlophis squamosus
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999[2]
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. 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).
  2. "Typhlophis squamosus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209625. Retrieved 29 August 2007. 
  4. 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).
  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. (Typhlophis ayarzaguenai, p. 13).

External links

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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