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Joshua's blind snake

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Species of snake

Joshua's blind snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species: T. joshuai
Binomial name
Trilepida joshuai
(Dunn, 1944)
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops joshuai
    Dunn, 1944
  • Tricheilostoma joshuai
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida joshuai
    — Hedges, 2011

Joshua's blind snake (Trilepida joshuai) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, joshuai, is a reference to Joshua, victor at the Battle of Jericho, in reference to the type locality, Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia.

Geographic range

T. joshuai is found in the Colombian departments of Antioquia, Caldas, and Valle del Cauca.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. joshuai is forest, at altitudes of 1,600–2,200 m (5,200–7,200 ft), but it has also been found in urban areas.

Description

T. joshuai is black dorsally, and white ventrally. The total length (including tail) of the holotype is 27 cm (11 in).

Behavior

T. joshuai is terrestrial and fossorial.

Diet

T. joshuai preys upon insect larvae and termites.

Reproduction

T. joshuai is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Arredondo, J.C.; Wallach, V. (2015). "Trilepida joshuai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T178428A44954468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178428A44954468.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Trilepida joshuai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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).
  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 joshuai, p. 136).
  6. Dunn ER (1944).

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. (Tricheilostoma joshuai, new combination).
  • Dunn ER (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". Caldasia 3 (11): 47–55. (Leptotyphlops joshuai, new species, pp. 53–54, Figures 9–10).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida joshuai, new combination, p. 63).
  • Rojas-Morales JA (2012). "Snakes of an urban-rural landscape in the central Andes of Colombia: species composition, distribution, and natural history". Phyllomedusa 11 (2): 135–154.


Taxon identifiers
Trilepida joshuai


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