Montserrat worm snake
(Redirected from Antillotyphlops monastus)
| Montserrat worm snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Antillotyphlops |
| Species: | A. monastus
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| Binomial name | |
| Antillotyphlops monastus (Thomas, 1966)
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The Montserrat worm snake (Antillotyphlops monastus) is a species of blind snake that is endemic to the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.[2]
It has a trunk length up to 258 mm, with a tail up to 44 mm long. Its dorsal surface is medium brown, with a lighter ventral surface. It is insectivorous and fossorial.
It is found on Montserrat.
References
- ^ Powell, R., Daltry, J.C. & Dewynter, M. 2016. Typhlops monastus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75607344A115492884. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607344A75608199.en. Downloaded on 09 August 2018.
- ^ Antillotyphlops monastus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 67–68, 71, 75. ISBN 978-0-333-69141-0.
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