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Typhlophis squamosus (SCHLEGEL, 1839)

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Higher TaxaAnomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesTrinidad Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops squamosus SCHLEGEL 1839: 36
Typhlophis squamosus - FITZINGER 1843: 24
Cephalolepis leucocephalus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 315
Typhlophis squamosus — BOULENGER 1893: 57
Typhlophis squamosus — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Typhlophis squamosus — STARACE 1998: 68
Typhlophis ayarzaguenai SEÑARIS 1998
Typhlophis squamosus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 53 
DistributionTrinidad, Guyana (?), French Guiana, Surinam (?), Brazil (Grao Para)

Type locality: Cayenne

ayarzaguenai: Venezuela (Bolivar, Los Pijiguaos); Type locality: Serranía de los Pijiguaos, Area Bauxiven, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela. Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
Types 
CommentKOK & RIVAS (2008) synonymized Typhlophis ayarzaguenai with Typhlophis squamosus.

Type species: Typhlops squamosus SCHLEGEL 1839 is the type species of the genus Typhlophis FITZINGER 1843.

Typhlops squamosus was described by Schlegel (1839) and characterized by the head being covered by small scales indistinguishable from those of the rest of the body. Based on this same characteristic Fitzinger (1843) proposed a new genus for this species: Typhlophis. According to the original description T. squamosus has 345 ventral scales, 14 subcaudals and 21 rows of mid-body scales, while Boulenger (1893) raised the number of mid-body scales to 24 and mentioned that this species measures 130 mm [from SEÑARIS 1998]. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1844. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.6. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 609 pp. - get paper here
  • Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel, Wien: 106 pp. - get paper here
  • Gasc & Rodrigues 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (4): 559-598
  • Kok, Philippe and Gilson Rivas Fuenmayor. 2008. Typhlophis ayarzaguenai Señaris, 1998 is a junior synonym of Typhlophis squamosus (Schlegel, 1839). Amphibia-Reptilia 29 (4):555-558 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Mendes-Pinto, T. J. & S. Marques de Souza 2011. Preliminary assessment of amphibians and reptiles from Floresta Nacional do Trairão, with a new snake record for the Pará state, Brazilian Amazon. Salamandra 47 (4): 199-206 - get paper here
  • Rieppel, O.; Kley, N.J.; Maisano, J.A. 2009. Morphology of the Skull of the White-Nosed Blindsnake, Liotyphlops albirostris (Scolecophidia: Anomalepididae). Journal of Morphology 270: 536-557
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
  • Schlegel, H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen und mit einem erläuternden Texte begleitet. Arne and Co., Düsseldorf, xiv + 141 pp.
  • Señaris, J. Celsa 1998. A new species of Typhlophis (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from Bolívar State, Venezuela. Amphibia-Reptilia 19 (3): 303-310 - get paper here
  • Starace, Fausto 1998. Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. IBIS Rouge Editions, Guadeloupe, Guyane, 450 pp.
 
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