Typhlops syntherus

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Typhlops syntherus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species:
T. syntherus
Binomial name
Typhlops syntherus
Thomas  [ fr ], 1965

Typhlops syntherus (common names: Barahona Peninsula blindsnake, [1] Barahona worm snake [2] ) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] [2] It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and occurs in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. [1] [2] It is oviparous. [2] It is a relatively common species but occurs in an area with dense human population where it is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN (2016). "Typhlops syntherus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Typhlops syntherus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2017.
  3. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   978-1-893777-00-2.