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    Species Accepted

    Typhlops jamaicensis (Shaw, 1802)

    Jamaica Worm Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Typhlops
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Jamaica Worm Snake English
      Jamaica-ormeslange Danish
      Jamaican Blindsnake English
      Ямайская слепозмейка Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Legler, J. M. (1959). A new blind snake (genus Typhlops) from Cuba. Herpetologica 15 (2): 105-112.
      Rieppel, O., Kley, N. J., & Maisano, J. A. (2009). Morphology of the Skull of the White-Nosed Blindsnake, Liotyphlops albirostris (Scolecophidia: Anomalepididae). Journal of Morphology 270: 536-557.
      Gray, J. E. (1845). Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of Die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: Xxvii + 289 Pp.
      Hedges, S. B., Marion, A. B., Lipp, K. M., Marin, J., & Vidal, N. (2014). A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61.
      Evans, H. E. (1955). The osteology of a worm snake, Typhlops jamaicensis (SHAW). Anatomical Record 122:381-396.
      Domínguez, M. and R. E. Díaz. (2011). Case 3527 - Anguis lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758 and Anguis jamaicencis Shaw, 1802 (currently Typhlops lumbricalis and Typhlops jamaicensis) (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation of usage of the specific names by the designation of neotypes for both species. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 68 (3):197-203.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      ICZN. (2013). OPINION 2323 (Case 3527) Anguis jamaicensis Shaw, 1802 (currently Typhlops jamaicensis; Reptilia, Serpentes): specific name conserved. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 70 (3): 212-213.
      Hedges, S. B. (1989). Geographic protein variation in the Jamaican blind snake, Typhlops jamaicensis (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Carib. J. Sci. 25:93-96.
      Ruthven, A. G. and H. T. Gaige. (1935). Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 307:1-12.

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