Seven-striped blind snake
| Seven-striped 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. septemstriatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Siagonodon septemstriatus (Schneider, 1801)
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The seven-striped blind snake (Siagonodon septemstriatus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.[4][5][3]
Geographic range
[edit]S. septemstriatus is found in Bolivia, northern Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southeastern Venezuela.[1][3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of S. septemstriatus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]S. septemstriatus is yellowish, with seven black stripes along the dorsal scales. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 27 cm (11 in), with a tail 1 cm (0.39 in) long.[2]
Behavior
[edit]S. septemstriatus is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]S. septemstriatus is oviparous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hoogmoed M, Nogueira C (2019). "Siagonodon septemstriatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56050458A56050497.en. Accessed on 08 March 2022.
- ^ a b Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Glauconia septemstriata, p. 71).
- ^ a b c d Siagonodon septemstriatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops septemstriatus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
Further reading
[edit]- Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops septemstriatus, p. 118).
- Mertens R (1925). "Der Fundort von Leptotyphlops septemstriatus Schneider ". Senckenbergiana 7 (3/4): 78–79. (in German).
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012) "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
- Schneider JG (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Jena: F. Frommann. vi + 374 pp. + Plates I–II. (Typhlopes septemstriatus, new species, p. 341). (in Latin).