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).

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