Dugand's blind snake
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Leptotyphlops dugandi, or Dugand's blind snake, is a species of leptotyphlopid snake,[2][3] which is endemic to South America.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, dugandi, is in honor of Colombian naturalist Armando Dugand.[4]
Geographic range
L. dugandi is found in Atlántico Department, Colombia.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c "Trilepida dugandi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 76).
- ^ Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 118).
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. (Tricheilostoma dugandi, new combination).
- Dunn ER. 1944. A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae. Caldasia 3 (11): 47-55. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, new species, pp. 52-53).
- Hedges SB. 2011. The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3027: 63-64. (Trilepida dugandi, new combination).