Leptotyphlops dugandi

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Leptotyphlops dugandi
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L. dugandi
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops dugandi
Dunn, 1944
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops dugandi Dunn, 1944
  • Tricheilostoma dugandi
    Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida dugandi
    Hedges, 2011[1]

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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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Trilepida dugandi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).
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  4. 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).
  5. 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).


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