Bailey's blind 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
[edit]In Ecuador T. anthracina is found in Abituagua, Balzapamba, Baños de Agua Santa, and Zamora.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of T. anthracina is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]T. anthracina is fossorial and sometimes diurnal.[1]
Diet
[edit]T. anthracina preys upon termites and insect larvae.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]T. anthracina is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Bailey (1946).
Further reading
[edit]- 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).