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    Species Accepted

    Amerotyphlops trinitatus (Richmond, 1965)

    Trinidad Blindsnake

    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

      3 results
      Trinidad Blindsnake English
      Trinidad Worm Snake English
      Trinidad burrowing snake English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      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.
      Graboski R, Arredondo JC, Grazziotin FG, et al. (2018). Molecular phylogeny and hemipenial diversity of South American species of Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae, Scolecophidia). Zoologica Scripta 48: 139– 156.
      Boos, H. E. A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, 270 Pp.
      McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. (1999). Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue]. Herpetologists’ League, 511 Pp.
      Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, & and Murphy JC. (2019). Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53.
      Richmond. (1965). A new species of blind snake, Typhlops, from Trinidad. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 78: 121-124.
      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.
      Murphy, John C.; John C. Weber, Michael J. Jowers, and Robert C. Jadin. (2023). Two Islands, Two Origins: The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. In: Lillywhite & Martins, eds., Islands and snakes, vol. II. Oxford University Press, P. 81 Ff.
      Dixon J R, & Hendricks F S. (1979). The wormsnakes (family Typhlopidae) of the neotropics, exclusive of the Antilles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (173): 1-39.

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