St. Lucia threadsnake
| St. Lucia threadsnake | |
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| Photograph by Dr. Blair Hedges, Penn State. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Tetracheilostoma |
| Species: | T. breuili
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| Tetracheilostoma breuili Hedges, 2008
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The St. Lucia threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma breuili) is a species of blind snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to the West Indies.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, breuili, is in honor of French herpetologist Michel Breuil.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]T. breuili is endemic to the Caribbean island-nation of Saint Lucia.[4]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of T. breuili is forest, at altitudes of 40–60 m (130–200 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]T. breuili can reach a total length (including tail) of 119 mm (4.7 in). It is dark brown with two yellowish lateral stripes, like the closely related L. bilineatus (Martinique) and L. carlae (Barbados). It differs from those two species by having two spots behind its head, and a dark tail.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Daltry JC (2016). "Tetracheilostoma breuili (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203636A115351355. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203636A2769291.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b Species Tetracheilostoma breuili at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 breuili, p. 38).
- ^ a b Hedges SB (2008), "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF), Zootaxa, 1841: 1–30, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1, retrieved March 5, 2010 (Leptotyphlops breuili, new species, p. 9 + Figure 1B).
External links
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Media related to Tetracheilostoma breuili at Wikimedia Commons- Leptotyphlops breuili at the Encyclopedia of Life
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. (Tracheilostoma breuili, new combination).