Antillotyphlops monensis

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Antillotyphlops monensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Antillotyphlops
Species:
A. monensis
Binomial name
Antillotyphlops monensis
(Schmidt, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops monensis - Schmidt, 1926 [2]

Antillotyphlops monensis, the Mona worm snake, is a harmless blind snake species is endemic to Mona Island in the West Indies. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3]

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Geographic range

Known only from the type locality, which is given as "Mona Island, West Indies." [2]

References

  1. Joglar, R. (2019). "Antillotyphlops monensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T22606A77336201. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22606A77336201.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Typhlops monensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 31 August 2007.