Bahamian slender blind snake
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| Species: | T. biminiensis
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| Typhlops biminiensis Richmond, 1955
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Typhlops biminiensis is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2]
Geographic range
T. biminiensis is endemic to the Bahamas.[3]
References
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré. 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).
- ^ "Typhlops biminiensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Richmond, Neil D. 1955. The Blind Snakes (Typhlops) of Bimini, Bahama Islands, British West Indies, with Description of a New Species. American Museum Novitates (1734): 1-7. (Typhlops biminiensis, new species).
- Schwartz, Albert, and Richard Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Typhlops biminiensis, p. 196).