Typhlops syntherus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Typhlops |
Species: | T. syntherus
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Binomial name | |
Typhlops syntherus Thomas , 1965
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Typhlops syntherus (common names: Barahona Peninsula blindsnake,[1] Barahona worm snake [2]) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4][2] It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and occurs in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.[1][2] It is oviparous.[2] It is a relatively common species but occurs in an area with dense human population where it is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Template:IUCN
- ^ a b c d Typhlops syntherus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 978-1-893777-00-2.
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