Biology:Bailey's blind snake
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Short description: Species of snake
| Bailey's 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: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Trilepida |
| Species: | T. anthracina
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| Binomial name | |
| Trilepida anthracina Bailey, 1946
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Bailey's blind snake (Trilepida anthracina) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Ecuador.
Geographic range
In Ecuador T. anthracina is found in Abituagua, Balzapamba, Baños de Agua Santa, and Zamora.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. anthracina is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).[1]
Description
Large and stout for its genus, T. anthracina may attain a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). Its coloration is uniformly black, both dorsally and ventrally.[5]
Behavior
T. anthracina is fossorial and sometimes diurnal.[1]
Diet
T. anthracina preys upon termites and insect larvae.[1]
Reproduction
T. anthracina is oviparous.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Reyes-Puig, C. (2019). "Trilepida anthracina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203643A2769326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203643A2769326.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203643/2769326. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Trilepida anthracina at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Trilepida anthracina ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1107688. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Bailey (1946).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Tricheilostoma anthracinum, new combination).
- Bailey JR (1946). "Leptotyphlops anthracinus, a new blind snake from eastern Ecuador". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (492): 1–5. (Leptotyphlops anthracinus, new species).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops anthracinus, p. 117).
- Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida anthracina, new combination, p. 63).
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