Island worm snake
(Redirected from Typhlops sulcatus)
Island worm snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Typhlops |
Species: | T. sulcatus
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Binomial name | |
Typhlops sulcatus Cope, 1868
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Synonyms | |
Typhlops haitiensis Richmond, 1964 |
The island worm snake (Typhlops sulcatus)[2] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[3][4]
Geographic range
It is endemic to southwestern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), formerly including Navassa Island, an uninhabited island located in the Caribbean.[5]
Conservation status
It has been rated Near Threatened. It is extinct on Navassa Island, where the species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.
References
- ^ Inchaustegui, S.; Hedges, B.; Landestoy, M. (2016). "Typhlops sulcatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178199A77338414. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178199A77338414.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "The Reptile Database". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
- ^ Schwartz, Albert and Richard Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh.
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