Leptotyphlops columbi

Leptotyphlops columbi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Leptotyphlops
Species:	L. columbi
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops columbi Klauber, 1939
Synonyms
Leptotyphlops columbi Klauber, 1939 Leptotyphlops columbi — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Epictia columbi — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009 Epictia columbi — Wallach et al., 2014[1]

Leptotyphlops columbi, commonly known as the San Salvador blind snake, is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family.^[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, columbi, is in honor of Christopher Columbus.^[4]

Geographic range

L. columbi is endemic to San Salvador Island in The Bahamas.^[5]

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 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).
3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 57).
5. Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 188).

Further reading

• Klauber LM. 1939. "Three New Worm Snakes of the Genus Leptotyphlops". Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9 (14): 59-65. (Leptotyphlops columbi, new species, pp. 62-64 + Figures 3a & 3b on p. 65).