Seven-striped blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Siagonodon
Species:
S. septemstriatus
Binomial name
Siagonodon septemstriatus
(Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Typhlopes septemstriatus
    Schneider, 1801
  • Typhlops senptemstriatus [sic]
    Wagler, 1830
    (ex errore)
  • Catodon septem-striatus
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Stenostoma (Catodon) septemstriatum
    — Jan, 1860
  • Siagonodon septemstriatus
    — W. Peters, 1881
  • Glauconia septemstriata
    – Boulenger, 1893
  • Leptotyphlops septemstriatus
    — Mertens, 1925
  • Leptotyphlops tatacua
    Briceño-Rossi, 1934
  • Leptotyphlops septemlineata [sic]
    Hoffstetter & Gasc, 1969
    (ex errore)
  • Siagonodon septemstriatus
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

The seven-striped blind snake (Siagonodon septemstriatus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.[4][5][3]

Geographic range

S. septemstriatus is found in Bolivia, northern Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southeastern Venezuela.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. septemstriatus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Description

S. septemstriatus is yellowish, with seven black stripes along the dorsal scales. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 27 cm (11 in), with a tail 1 cm (0.39 in) long.[2]

Behavior

S. septemstriatus is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

S. septemstriatus is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hoogmoed M, Nogueira C (2019). "Siagonodon septemstriatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56050458A56050497.en. Accessed on 08 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Glauconia septemstriata, p. 71).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Siagonodon septemstriatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  5. ↑ "Leptotyphlops septemstriatus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Further reading

  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops septemstriatus, p. 118).
  • Mertens R (1925). "Der Fundort von Leptotyphlops septemstriatus Schneider ". Senckenbergiana 7 (3/4): 78–79. (in German).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012) "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Schneider JG (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Jena: F. Frommann. vi + 374 pp. + Plates I–II. (Typhlopes septemstriatus, new species, p. 341). (in Latin).



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