St. Lucia threadsnake
The St. Lucia threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma breuili) is a species of blind snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Tetracheilostoma |
| Species: | T. breuili |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetracheilostoma breuili Hedges, 2008 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, breuili, is in honor of French herpetologist Michel Breuil.[3]
Geographic range
T. breuili is endemic to the Caribbean island-nation of Saint Lucia.[4]
Description
T. breuili can reach a total length (including tail) of 119 mm (4.7 in). It is dark brown with two yellowish lateral stripes, like the closely related L. bilineatus (Martinique) and L. carlae (Barbados). It differs from those two species by having two spots behind its head, and a dark tail.[4]
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References
- Daltry, J.C. 2016. Tetracheilostoma breuili (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203636A115351355. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203636A2769291.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2018.
- "Tetracheilostoma breuili ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 breuili, p. 38).
- Hedges, S. Blair (2008), "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF), Zootaxa, 1841: 1–30, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1, retrieved March 5, 2010 (Leptotyphlops breuili, new species, p. 9 + Figure 1B).
External links
- Leptotyphlops breuili at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Tetracheilostoma breuili at the Reptile Database
Further reading
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