Leptotyphlops dugandi

Leptotyphlops dugandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. dugandi
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops dugandi
Dunn, 1944
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops dugandi Dunn, 1944
  • Tricheilostoma dugandi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida dugandi
    Hedges, 2011[1]

Leptotyphlops dugandi, or Dugand's blind snake, is a species of leptotyphlopid snake,[2][3] which is endemic to South America.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, dugandi, is in honor of Colombian naturalist Armando Dugand.[4]

Geographic range

L. dugandi is found in Atlántico Department, Colombia.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Trilepida dugandi ". 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 dugandi, p. 76).
  5. Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 118).

Further reading


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