Degerbol's blind snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Siagonodon |
| Species: | S. borrichianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Siagonodon borrichianus (Degerbøl, 1923)
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Degerbøl's blind snake (Siagonodon borrichianus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to southern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, borrichianus, is in honor of Danish scientist Ole Borch.[2]
Geographic range
S. borrichianus is found in western Argentina.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. borrichianus is shrubland.[1]
Diet
S. borrichianus preys upon the larvae of ants and termites.[1]
Reproduction
S. borrichianus is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Siagonodon borrichianus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56050411A56050425. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56050411A56050425.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Siagonodon borrichianus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Siagonodon borrichianus, new combination).
- Degerbøl, Magnus (1923). "Description of a new Snake of the Genus Glauconia, from Mendoza". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Københaven 76: 113–114. (Glauconia borrichiana, new species).
- Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops borrichianus, p. 117).
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