Gonâve Island worm snake explained

The Gonâve Island worm snake (Typhlops gonavensis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.^[1]

Further reading

• Richmond ND. 1964. The Blind Snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with Descriptions of Three New Species. Breviora (202): 1–12. ("Typhlops gonavensis sp. nov.", pp. 3–4, Figure 2).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. ("Typhlops capitulata gonavensis ", p. 197).

Notes and References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series), (volume).