Antillotyphlops richardi (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1844)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Richard's Worm Snake; locally known as “Ground Snake” |
Synonym | Typhlops richardii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 290 Typhlops richardii — JAN 1864 Typhlops richardi — GARMAN 1887: 278 Typhlops richardii — GRANT 1937: 512 Typhlops richardi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 655 Typhlops richardii — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 117 Typhlops richardi — KORNILIOS et al. 2013 Antillotyphlops richardi — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops richardi — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Antillotyphlops richardi — NAGY et al. 2015 Typhlops richardi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 770 |
Distribution | Puerto Rico, Caicos I, Turks I, Anegada Type locality: St. Thomas, US. Virgin Islands. Restricted to the Virgin islands by Hedges & Thomas 1991 |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: MNHN-RA 3220 and RNH 3713 |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Maximum TL 342 mm; TL/taillength 30-48; TL/midbody diameter 29-49; middorsal scales 312-425; scale rows 22-20, 22-20-18, or 20-18 with reduction occurring at variable distances along body in different populations; head shape rounded to ogival and flattened; rostral narrow to broad in dorsal aspect, oval, parallel, or tapered, flared or not flared on apex; postoculars 2, rarely 1. Coloration bicolor with pale tan to dark brown dorsal coloration ending abruptly along midlateral line, pigmented scales dropping out over 1-2 scale rows or fading along midlateral zone; some populations/individuals lightened and mottled with no pigmentation on dorsum; with or without light band across tail (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 655). |
Comment | For illustrations see Stejneger, 1904 (as T. lumbricalis); Schmidt, 1928 (as T. platycephalus); Thomas, 1976; Philibosian and Yntema, 1977; Rivero, 1978; MacLean, 1982. |
Etymology | Named after Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754-1821), a botanist who was in the West Indies and Central America (1780-1784). He became Professor of Botany in Paris (1790). |
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