Tricheilostoma broadleyi
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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: | Tricheilostoma |
| Species: | T. broadleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tricheilostoma broadleyi | |
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Tricheilostoma broadleyi is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Ivory Coast.[3][4]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[5]
Geographic range
[edit]T. broadleyi is found in south-central Ivory Coast at altitudes of 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft).[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitats of T. broadleyi are forest and savanna.[1]
Description
[edit]T. broadleyi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Trape, J.; Penner, J.; Rödel , M.-O. (2013). "Tricheilostoma broadleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203639A2769305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203639A2769305.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Tricheilostoma broadleyi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops broadleyi, p. 39).
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. (Guinea broadleyi, new combination).
- Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Tricheilostoma broadleyi, new combination).
- Wallach V, Hahn DE (1997). "Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Côte d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 46 (2): 103–109.