Leptotyphlops columbi
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Leptotyphlops columbi, commonly known as the San Salvador blind snake, is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, columbi, is in honor of Christopher Columbus.[4]
Geographic range
L. columbi is endemic to San Salvador Island in The Bahamas.[5]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
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- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 57).
- ↑ 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. (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 188).
Further reading
- Klauber LM. 1939. "Three New Worm Snakes of the Genus Leptotyphlops". Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9 (14): 59-65. (Leptotyphlops columbi, new species, pp. 62-64 + Figures 3a & 3b on p. 65).
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