Espírito Santo blind snake explained

The Espírito Santo blind snake (Trilepida salgueiroi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, salgueiroi, is in honor of W.S. Salgueiro who collected the holotype.^[2]

Geographic range

T. salgueiroi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. salgueiroi are forest and shrubland.

Description

Dorsally, T. salgueiroi is uniform dark brown. Ventrally, it is light brown, with a reticulate pattern formed by white scale edges.

Reproduction

T. salgueiroi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Tricheilostoma salgueiroi, new combination).
• Amaral A ("1954" [1955]). "Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios neotrópicos: 14. Descrição de duas espécies novas de 'cobra-cega' (fam. Leptotyphlopidae) ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 26: 203–205. (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, new species, p. 203). (in Portuguese).
• Hedges, S. Blair (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida salgueiroi, new combination, p. 63).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptotyphlops salgueiroi, p. 231).