Degerbol's 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. borrichianus
Binomial name
Siagonodon borrichianus
(Degerbøl, 1923)
Synonyms[2]
  • Glauconia borrichiana
    Degerbøl, 1923
  • Leptotyphlops borrichianus
    — Amaral, 1929
  • Siagonodon borrichianus
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Degerbøl's blind snake (Siagonodon borrichianus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to southern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, borrichianus, is in honor of Danish scientist Ole Borch.[2]

Geographic range

S. borrichianus is found in western Argentina.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. borrichianus is shrubland.[1]

Diet

S. borrichianus preys upon the larvae of ants and termites.[1]

Reproduction

S. borrichianus is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Siagonodon borrichianus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56050411A56050425. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56050411A56050425.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Siagonodon borrichianus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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. (Siagonodon borrichianus, new combination).
  • Degerbøl, Magnus (1923). "Description of a new Snake of the Genus Glauconia, from Mendoza". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Københaven 76: 113–114. (Glauconia borrichiana, new species).
  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops borrichianus, p. 117).



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