Santander blind snake explained

The Santander blind snake (Trilepida nicefori) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, nicefori, is in honor of missionary Brother Nicéforo María (1888–1980), born Antoine Rouhaire in France, who established a natural history museum in Medellin, Colombia.^[2]

Geographic range

T. nicefori is known only from Santander Department, Colombia.

Description

T. nicefori is a very small snake. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 10.5cm (04.1inches). It is uniform brown dorsally, and beige ventrally.

Reproduction

T. nicefori 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. (Rena nicefori, new combination).
• Dunn ER (1946). "A New Snake from the Eastern Andes of Colombia". Caldasia 4 (17): 121–122. (Leptotyphlops nicefori, new species).
• Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida nicefori, new combination, p. 63).
• Pinto, Roberta Richard; Passos, Paulo; Portilla, José Rances Caicedo; Arrendondo, Juan Camilo; Fernandes, Ronaldo (2010). "Taxonomy of the threadsnakes of the tribe Epictini (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) in Colombia". Zootaxa 2724: 1-28. (Tricheilostoma nicefori, new combination).

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 nicefori, p. 190).