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Santander blind snake
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (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. nicefori
Binomial name
Trilepida nicefori
Dunn, 1946
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops nicefori
    Dunn, 1946
  • Rena nicefori
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma nicefori
    — Pinto et al., 2010
  • Trilepida nicefori
    — Hedges, 2011

The Santander blind snake (Trilepida nicefori) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, nicefori, is in honor of missionary Brother Nicéforo María (1888–1980), born Antoine Rouhaire in France, who established a natural history museum in Medellin, Colombia.

Geographic range

T. nicefori is known only from Santander Department, Colombia.

Description

T. nicefori is a very small snake. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 10.5 cm (4.1 in). It is uniform brown dorsally, and beige ventrally.

Reproduction

T. nicefori is oviparous.

References

  1. Caicedo, J.; Calderón, M.; Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Wallach, V. (2015). "Trilepida nicefori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T178499A44954886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178499A44954886.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Trilepida nicefori at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  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 nicefori, p. 190).

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. (Rena nicefori, new combination).
  • Dunn ER (1946). "A New Snake from the Eastern Andes of Colombia". Caldasia 4 (17): 121–122. (Leptotyphlops nicefori, new species).
  • Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida nicefori, new combination, p. 63).
  • Pinto, Roberta Richard; Passos, Paulo; Portilla, José Rances Caicedo; Arrendondo, Juan Camilo; Fernandes, Ronaldo (2010). "Taxonomy of the threadsnakes of the tribe Epictini (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) in Colombia". Zootaxa 2724: 1-28. (Tricheilostoma nicefori, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Trilepida nicefori


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