Island worm snake
| Island worm snake | |
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| Species: | T. sulcatus
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| Typhlops sulcatus Cope, 1868
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Typhlops haitiensis Richmond, 1964 | |
Typhlops sulcatus, the sulcate blind snake or island worm snake,[1] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3]
Geographic range
It is believed to be endemic to southwestern Hispaniola including Navassa Island, an uninhabited island located in the Caribbean.[4]
Conservation status
Extinct on Navassa Island, where the species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.
References
- ^ "The Reptile Database". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
- ^ Schwartz, Albert and Richard Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh.