You are here » home › search results › Typhlops tetrathyreus

Typhlops tetrathyreus THOMAS, 1989

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Typhlops tetrathyreus?

Add your own observation of
Typhlops tetrathyreus »

Find more photos by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Port-Au-Prince Blindsnake, Haitian Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops tetrathyreus THOMAS 1989: 414
Typhlops tetrathyreus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 660
Typhlops tetrathyreus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 122
Typhlops tetrathyreus — DOMINGUEZ et al. 2013
Typhlops tetrathyreus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops tetrathyreus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 772 
DistributionHispaniola (SE Haiti)

Type locality: 3 mi. (4.8 km) N Pétionville, Dépt. de l'Ouest, Haiti.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KU 208793, adult female; paratypes: KU, USNM, MCZ, BMNH, LDO, RT (Richard Thomas, private collection) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (506 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Thomas, 1989.

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek, tetra = four, and thyreos = shield, in reference to the characteristic condition of four parietals. 
References
  • Domínguez, Michel and Raúl E Díaz 2011. Taxonomy of the Blind Snakes Associated with Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae) from the Bahamas Islands and Cuba. Herpetologica 67 (2): 194-211. - get paper here
  • DOMÍNGUEZ, MICHEL; ANSEL FONG G. & MANUEL ITURRIAGA 2013. A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from Northeastern Cuba. Zootaxa 3681: 136–146 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - 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. 1989. The relationships of Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) and the description of three new Hispaniolan species, p. 409-432. In C. A. Woods (ed.), Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida.
  • Thomas, R. and R. Powell. 1994. Typhlops tetrathyreus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (598) - 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.
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Typhlops&species=tetrathyreus

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator