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    Species Accepted

    Typhlops rostellatus Stejneger, 1904

    Puerto Rican Brown-bellied Blindsnake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Typhlops
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Puerto Rican Brown-bellied Blindsnake English
      Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake English
      Puerto Rican Worm Snake English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
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      Legler, J. M. (1959). A new blind snake (genus Typhlops) from Cuba. Herpetologica 15 (2): 105-112.
      Werner, F. (1913). Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. [these are 3 separate reports in one long article]. Jb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51.
      Schmidt, K. P. (1928). Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and land reptiles of Porto Rico, with a list of those reported from the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences 10 (1):160 Pp.
      Kornilios, P.; S. Giokas, P. Lymberakis, R. Sindaco. (2013). Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68 (1): 35–41.
      Thomas, R. (1976). Systematics of Antillean blind snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State Univ.: Xvi + 288pp.
      McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. (1999). Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue]. Herpetologists’ League, 511 Pp.
      Stejneger, L. (1904). The herpetology of Porto Rico. Rept. United States Natl. Mus. 1902: 549-724.
      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.
      Schwartz, A., & Henderson, R. W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 Pp.

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