Guadeloupe blind snake

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Guadeloupe blind snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species:
T. guadeloupensis
Binomial name
Typhlops guadeloupensis
Richmond, 1966
Synonyms
  • Typhlops dominicana guadeloupensis
  • Typhlops dominicanus guadeloupensis

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.

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