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Trilepida koppesi (AMARAL, 1955)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Amaral's Blind Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Cega, Cobra-de-Chumbinho 
SynonymLeptotyphlops koppesi AMARAL 1955
Leptotyphlops koppesi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 34
Tricheilostoma koppesi — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Trilepida koppesi — HEDGES 2011
Tricheilostoma koppesi— ZAHER et al. 2011
Tricheilostoma koppesi — PINTO & FERNANDES 2012
Trilepida koppesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 739
Trilepida koppesi — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal, Bahia, Goiás: HR 33: 228, Minas Gerais).

Type locality: Terenos, Mato Grosso, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP (= IB) 8883 (Instituto Butantan) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Leptotyphlops koppesi can be distinguished from all members of L. dulcis species group by a suite combination of characters: (1) snout rounded in dorsal view, slightly acuminate in lateral view, (2) rostral scale not extending to imaginary transverse line between anterior margins of eyes, (3) three supralabials, (4) four infralabials, (5) middorsal scales 186-194 in males and 195-208 in females, (6) subcaudal scales 16-17 in males and 13-14 in females, (7) 10 scales around the middle of tail, (8) maximum total length 337 mm, (9) dorsal colour uniformly pale brown, and ventral colouration beige with stippling pigmentation at center and lighter edges of all scales [from PASSOS et al. 2006]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after S. J. Koppes (?), collector of the type. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here
  • Amaral, A. 1955. Contribuicao ao conhecimento dos ofidios neotropicos: 14. Descricao de duas especies novas de "cobra-cega" (fam. Leptotyphlopidae). Mem. Inst. Butantan 26: 203-205 [1954] - get paper here
  • Batista, S. F. Facure, K. G. and Marques, O. A. V. 2020. The blind snake Trilepida koppesi (Amaral, 1955) as prey of armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758), with a review of Scolecophidia predators. Herpetology Notes 13: 49-55. - get paper here
  • Campos Nogueira, C. de 2001. New records of Squamate Reptiles in Central Brazilian Cerrado II: Brasília Region. Herpetological Review 32 (4): 285-287 - get paper here
  • Filogonio, Renato and Marco Antônio Schettino Canelas. 2015. Geographic Distribution: Trilepida koppesi (Amaral's blind snake). Herpetological Review 46 (3): 386-387 - get paper here
  • Filogonio, Renato and Marco Antônio Schettino Canelas. 2015. Geographic Distribution: Trilepida koppesi (Amaral's blind snake). Herpetological Review 46 (2): 222 - get paper here
  • Fiorillo, B. F., Maciel, J. H., & Martins, M. 2021. Composition and natural history of a snake community from the southern Cerrado, southeastern Brazil. ZooKeys 1056: 95-147 - get paper here
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  • Martins, A., Koch, C., Joshi, M., Pinto, R., & Passos, P. 2021. Picking up the threads: Comparative osteology and associated cartilaginous elements for members of the genus Trilepida Hedges, 2011 (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) with new insights on the Epictinae systematics. The Anatomical Record, 1– 34 - get paper here
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  • Pinto, Roberta R. and Ronaldo Fernandes 2012. A New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Tricheilostoma from Espinhaço Range, Brazil and Taxonomic Status of Rena dimidiata (Jan, 1861) (Serpentes: Epictinae: Leptotyphlopidae). Copeia 2012 (1): 37-48. - get paper here
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