Leptotyphlops goudotii

Leptotyphlops goudotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. goudotii
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops goudotii
(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Stenostoma goudotii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Glauconia goudotii
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Leptotyphlops goudotii
    Amaral, 1929
  • Epictia goudotii
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009[1]

Leptotyphlops goudotii, or the black blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Middle America[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, goudotii, is in honor of French naturalist Justin-Marie Goudot.[4]

Geographic range

In Central America, L. goudotii is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Oaxaca), Nicaragua, and Panama.[1]

In South America, it is found in western Colombia, Venezuela,[5] and on associated islands.[1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptotyphlops.

The subspecific name, bakewelli, is in honor of Anderson Bakewell (1913-1999), an American Jesuit priest, who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Epictia goudotii ". 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).
  3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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 bakewelli, p. 15; Leptotyphlops goudotii, p. 104).
  5. Freiberg MA. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops goudotii goudotii, p. 118).

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