Santander blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species:
T. nicefori
Binomial name
Trilepida nicefori
Dunn, 1946
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptotyphlops nicefori
    Dunn, 1946
  • Rena nicefori
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma nicefori
    — Pinto et al., 2010
  • Trilepida nicefori
    — Hedges, 2011

The Santander blind snake (Trilepida nicefori) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, nicefori, is in honor of missionary Brother Nicéforo María (1888–1980), born Antoine Rouhaire in France, who established a natural history museum in Medellin, Colombia.[5]

Geographic range

T. nicefori is known only from Santander Department, Colombia.[2]

Description

T. nicefori is a very small snake. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 10.5 cm (4.1 in). It is uniform brown dorsally, and beige ventrally.[2]

Reproduction

T. nicefori is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Caicedo, J.; Calderón, M.; Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Wallach, V. (2015). "Trilepida nicefori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T178499A44954886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178499A44954886.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Trilepida nicefori 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.
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops nicefori, p. 190).

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. (Rena nicefori, new combination).
  • Dunn ER (1946). "A New Snake from the Eastern Andes of Colombia". Caldasia 4 (17): 121–122. (Leptotyphlops nicefori, new species).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida nicefori, new combination, p. 63).
  • Pinto, Roberta Richard; Passos, Paulo; Portilla, José Rances Caicedo; Arrendondo, Juan Camilo; Fernandes, Ronaldo (2010). "Taxonomy of the threadsnakes of the tribe Epictini (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) in Colombia". Zootaxa 2724: 1-28. (Tricheilostoma nicefori, new combination).



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