Saint Barts blind snake explained

The Saint Barts blind snake (Antillotyphlops annae) is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy, an overseas collectivity of France. The species was first described in 1999, and it is still not well known.

Etymology

The specific name, annae, is in honor of Anne Breuil, who is the wife of the describer.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. annae is forest.

Reproduction

A. annae is oviparous.

See also

• List of amphibians and reptiles of Saint Barthélemy

External links

• Lorvelec. Olivier. Pascal. Michel. Pavis. Claudie. Feldmann. Philippe. Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: Inventory, threats and conservation. Applied Herpetology. 2007. 4. 2. 131–161. 10.1163/157075407780681356. 54651514 .

Further reading

• Breuil M (1999). "Nouvelle espèce du genre Typhlops, (Serpentes, Typhlopidae) de l'île de Saint-Barthélemy, comparison avec les autres espèces des Petites Antilles [= New species of the genus ''Typhlops'', (Serpentes, Typhlopidae) from the island of Saint-Barthélemy, comparison with the other species of the Lesser Antilles]". Bulletin mensuel de la Societé linnéenne de Lyon 68 (2): 30–40. (Typhlops annae, new species). (in French with an abstract in English).
• Hedges, Stephen B.

Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Antillotyphlops annae, new combination).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops annae, p. 9).