Typhlops capitulatus RICHMOND, 1964

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Haitian Pale-lipped Blindsnake, Richmond's Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops capitulatus RICHMOND 1964: 2 Typhlops capitulatus capitulatus THOMAS 1965: 438 Typhlops capitulata capitulata THOMAS 1966: 264 Typhlops capitulata — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 645 Typhlops capitulatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 94 Typhlops capitulatus — KORNILIOS et al. 2013 Typhlops capitulatus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops capitulatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 760
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti) Type locality: “Manneville, Haiti, at the northwest end of Lake Saumatre”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 62636.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Richmond, 1964; Thomas, 1976.
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. Richmond, N. D. 1964. The blind snakes (Typhlops) of Haiti with descriptions of three new species. Breviora (202):1-12 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Thomas R. Powell R. 1995. Typhlops capitulatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (618): 1-2. - get paper here Thomas, R. 1965. A new species of Typhlops from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Copeia 1965 (4): 436-439 - get paper here Thomas, R. 1966. Leeward Islands Typhlops (Reptilia, Serpentes). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 79: 255-265. - 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. 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.
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