Biology:Striped blind snake
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Short description: Species of snake
| Striped blind 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: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. lineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops lineatus (Schlegel, 1839)
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The striped blind snake (Ramphotyphlops lineatus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. Once claimed as being extinct, it was rediscovered in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore after 172 years. The snake was found dead, and it was 4 cm longer than the previous maximum limit of the snake's length, 48 cm.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Grismer, L. (2012). "Ramphotyphlops lineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192183A2052347. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192183A2052347.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192183/2052347. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174339.
- ↑ Ramphotyphlops lineatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3019628 entry
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