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    Species Accepted

    Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Cuban Brown Blindsnake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Typhlops
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Cuban Brown Blindsnake English
      Earthworm Blind Snake English
      Mystery Worm Snake English
      Regenwurm-Blindschlange German
      Червевидная слепозмейка Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      ITURRIAGA, M., DOMÍNGUEZ, M., & REYNOSO, V. H. (2024). Resurrection of Typhlops cubae Bibron, 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), with taxonomic comments on the Typhlops lumbricalis species group. Zootaxa 5507(4), 534-548.
      DOMÍNGUEZ, MICHEL; ANSEL FONG G. & MANUEL ITURRIAGA. (2013). A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from Northeastern Cuba. Zootaxa 3681: 136–146.
      DEVOS, TYLER & SEAN GIERY. (2021). Establishment of the introduced Brahminy Blindsnake (Indotyphlops braminus) on Abaco Island, The Bahamas, with notes on potential niche overlap with the native Cuban Brown Blindsnake (Typhlops lumbricalis). Reptiles & Amphibians 28(3): 555–557.
      Domínguez, & Michel and Raúl E Díaz. (2011). Taxonomy of the Blind Snakes Associated with Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae) from the Bahamas Islands and Cuba. Herpetologica 67 (2): 194-211.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1893). Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 Pp.
      Pyron, R. A., & Wallach, V. (2014). Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081.
      Cocteau, J.-T. and G. Bibron. (1838). Reptiles, in R. de la Sagra. Historia Física, Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba, Tomo IV. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 142 Pp. [1838-1843 - Index on Page 143; but Note That BHL Has 1840 on the Cover Page of Vol. IV].
      Thomas, R. (1974). A new species of Lesser Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ. 46:1-5.
      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.

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