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Amerotyphlops tasymicris (THOMAS, 1974)

IUCN Red List - Amerotyphlops tasymicris - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Grenada Bank Blindsnake, Grenada Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops tasymicris THOMAS 1974:1
Typhlops tasymicris — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 660
Typhlops tasymicris — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 121
Amerotyphlops tasymicris — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops tasymicris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 772
Amerotyphlops tasymicris — THORPE 2022 
DistributionLesser Antilles: Grenada

Type locality: 1 mi. E Vincennes, St. David Parish, Grenada.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UF/FSM 21547. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
CommentFor illustrations see Thomas, 1974;Thomas, 1976.

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyThe name tasymicris is an anagram of Myristica, the genus of the nutmeg, a tree contributing significantly to the horticultural forests of Grenada. 
References
  • Bentz, Ehren J.; Mel José Rivera Rodríguez, Rebecca R. John, Robert W. Henderson, and Robert Powell 2011. Population Densities, Activity, Microhabitats, and Thermal Biology of a Unique Crevice- and Litter-dwelling Assemblage of Reptiles on Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Herp. Cons. Biol. 6 (1): 40-50 - get paper here
  • Breuil, M. 1999. Nouvelle expèce du genre Typhlops, (Serpentes, Typhlopoidae) de l’île de Saint-Barthélmy, comparaison avec les autres espèces des Petites Antilles. Bull. mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 68: 30-40 - get paper here
  • Graboski R, Arredondo JC, Grazziotin FG, et al. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and hemipenial diversity of South American species of Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae, Scolecophidia). Zoologica Scripta 48: 139– 156 - 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.
  • Rodríguez, Mel José Rivera; Ehren J. Bentz, Daniel P. Scantlebury, Rebecca R. John, Daniel P. Quinn, John S. Parmerlee, Robert W. Henderson, and Robert Powell 2011. Rediscovery of the Grenada Bank Endemic Typhlops tasymicris (Squamata: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 45 (2): 167-168. - 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. 1974. A new species of Lesser Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ. 46:1-5. - 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.
  • Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here
  • Uetz PH, Powell R. 2025. Etymologies of Caribbean reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 98: 1–9 - 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.
  • Yorks, D.T.; Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2003. Typhlops tasymicris Thomas. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (780): 1-2 - get paper here
 
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