Typhlops jamaicensis

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Typhlops jamaicensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species:
T. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Typhlops jamaicensis
(Shaw, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Anguis Jamaicensis
  • Meditoria nasuta
  • Anilios leachii

Typhlops jamaicensis, also known as the Jamaican blind snake or Jamaica worm snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  2. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. Typhlops jamaicensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 July 2018.