Typhlops capitulatus

Typhlops capitulatus, commonly known as the Haitian pale-lipped blind snake[1] or Richmond's worm snake,[3][2] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[4][5] The species is endemic to Haiti. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.

Typhlops capitulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species:
T. capitulatus
Binomial name
Typhlops capitulatus
Richmond, 1964
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops capitulatus
    Richmond, 1964
  • Typhlops capitulata [sic]
    — Thomas, 1966
  • Typhlops capitulatus
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Geographic range

In Haiti, T. capitulatus is known from the Tiburon Peninsula.[6]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of T. capitulatus are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 19–881 m (62–2,890 ft).[1]

Description

T. capitulatus is small-headed and slender-bodied. Dorsally, it is light brown. Ventrally, it is paler, with scattered white scales. The anal region and the ventral surface of the tail are white. The total length (including tail) of the holotype is 20.5 cm (8.1 in), and the diameter at midbody is 4 mm (0.16 in).[7]

Reproduction

T. capitulatus is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Powell R, Wallach V, Landestoy M, Hedges B, Inchaustegui S (2010). "Typhlops capitulatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178453A77336236. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178453A77336236.en. Downloaded on 13 January 2020.
  2. Species Typhlops capitulatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Richmond", p. 221).
  4. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  5. 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).
  6. Schwartz & Thomas (1975).
  7. Richmond (1964).

Further reading
  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. (Typhlops capitulatus, p. 47).
  • Richmond ND (1964). "The Blind Snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with Descriptions of Three New Species". Breviora (202): 1-12. (Typhlops capitulatus, new species, pp. 2–3, Figure 1).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. ("Typhlops capitulata [sic]", pp. 196–197).
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