Tricheilostoma broadleyi

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Tricheilostoma broadleyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Tricheilostoma
Species:
T. broadleyi
Binomial name
Tricheilostoma broadleyi
Wallach & Hahn, 1997
Synonyms [2]
  • Leptotyphlops broadleyi
    Wallach & Hahn, 1997
  • Guinea broadleyi
    Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma broadleyi
    Hedges, 2011

Tricheilostoma broadleyi is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Ivory Coast. [3] [4]

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Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley. [5]

Geographic range

T. broadleyi is found in south-central Ivory Coast at altitudes of 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft). [2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of T. broadleyi are forest and savanna. [1]

Description

T. broadleyi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 11.5 cm (4.5 in). [2]

Reproduction

T. broadleyi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Tricheilostoma broadleyi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 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).

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