Tricheilostoma broadleyi

Tricheilostoma broadleyi is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Ivory Coast.[3][4]

Tricheilostoma broadleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Tricheilostoma
Species:
T. broadleyi
Binomial name
Tricheilostoma broadleyi
Wallach & Hahn, 1997
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptotyphlops broadleyi
    Wallach & Hahn, 1997
  • Guinea broadleyi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma broadleyi
    — Hedges, 2011

Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[5]

Geographic range

T. broadleyi is found in south-central Ivory Coast at altitudes of 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft).[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of T. broadleyi are forest and savanna.[1]

Description

T. broadleyi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[2]

Reproduction

T. broadleyi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Trape J, Penner J, Rödel M-O (2013). "Tricheilostoma broadleyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203639A2769305. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203639A2769305.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2018.
  2. Species Tricheilostoma broadleyi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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 broadleyi, p. 39).

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. (Guinea broadleyi, new combination).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Tricheilostoma broadleyi, new combination).
  • Wallach V, Hahn DE (1997). "Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Côte d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 46 (2): 103–109.



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