Guadeloupe blind snake
Species of snake
Guadeloupe blind snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Typhlops |
Species: | T. guadeloupensis |
Binomial name | |
Typhlops guadeloupensis Richmond, 1966 | |
Synonyms | |
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The Guadeloupe blind snake or Guadeloupe worm snake (Typhlops guadeloupensis) is a species of blind snake that is endemic to Guadeloupe, located in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is fairly widespread on the main islands of Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre, but is not recorded on the other Guadeloupean islands.
It is sometimes described as an endemic subspecies of Typhlops dominicanus, with a sister subspecies, T. d. dominicanus, present on Dominica.
References
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. p. 84. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
External links
- Typhlops guadeloupensis at the Reptile Database
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