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Two-lined Blind Snake Tetracheilostoma bilineatum

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The two-lined blind snake (Tetracheilostoma bilineatum) is a harmless blind snake species endemic to Martinique in the Lesser Antilles.

Distribution

Though previously recorded on St. Lucia and Barbados, specimens identified to those islands were described in 2008 as separate species, L. breuili and L. carlae. A specimen identified as from Guadeloupe was reported by Duméril and Bibron (1844:331), but none are known from that island. The type locality given is "Vaterland Martinique."[2]

Description

It is dark brown with two yellow stripes along its sides. It was once known as the world's smallest snake, being small enough to slither through a pencil if the lead were removed. Its typical length is 11 cm (4.5 in).[3] However, the newly described L. carlae (Hedges, 2008) is reported to be even smaller.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dewynter, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Tetracheilostoma bilineatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203635A115351235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203635A2769284.en. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ Reptiles: Snake at San Diego Zoo. Accessed 3 June 2008.
  4. ^ Hedges, S. Blair (2008), "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF), Zootaxa, 1841: 1–30, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1, retrieved March 5, 2010

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    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Reptilia

    Order: Squamata

    Family: Leptotyphlopidae

    Genus: Tetracheilostoma

    Species: Two-lined Blind Snake Tetracheilostoma bilineatum

    Conservation Status

    least concern (LC)

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