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Typhlops syntherus THOMAS, 1965

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barahona Peninsula Blindsnake, Barahona Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops syntherus THOMAS 1965: 436
Typhlops syntherus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 659
Typhlops syntherus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 120
Typhlops syntherus — KORNILIOS et al. 2013
Typhlops syntherus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops syntherus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 772 
DistributionHispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic)

Type locality: S km N Pedernales, Pedernales Province, República Dominicana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 77215. 
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CommentFor illustrations see Thomas, 1965; Thomas, 1976.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek συν- (= together) and θήρα (= hunting) in reference to the syntopic association of this species with four other species of burrowing reptiles in the Barahona Peninsular lowlands (note: because Typhlops haitiensis is now considered a synonym of T. sulcatus, only three species of fossorial reptiles [Typhlops sulcatus, Amphisbaena gonavensis, and Leptotyphlops pyrites] are known to occur together). 
References
  • Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here
  • Kornilios, P.; S. Giokas, P. Lymberakis, R. Sindaco 2013. Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68 (1): 35–41 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thomas, R. 1965. A new species of Typhlops from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Copeia 1965 (4): 436-439 - get paper here
  • Thomas, R. 1976. Systematics of Antillean blind snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State Univ.: xvi + 288pp.
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • White, L. R., J. S. Parmerlee, Jr., and R. Powell. 1992. Typhlops syntherus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (551) - get paper here
 
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