Antillotyphlops granti (RUTHVEN & GAIGE, 1935)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Guanica Blindsnake, Grant's Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops granti RUTHVEN & GAIGE 1935: 2 Typhlops granti — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 649 Typhlops granti — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 103 Typhlops granti — KORNILIOS et al. 2013 Antillotyphlops granti — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops granti — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Antillotyphlops granti — NAGY et al. 2015 Typhlops granti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 763
Distribution	Puerto Rico, Isla Caja de Muertos. Type locality: “Caja de Muertos Island, 8 miles off Ponce, Puerto Rico.”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 76669.
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Comment	For illustrations see Ruthven and Gaige, 1935; Thomas, 1976.
Etymology	Named after Major Chapman Grant (1887-1983), a grandson of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the USA. He worked at the Children's Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and participated in expeditions of the San Diego Museum of Natural History and the University of Illinois (1950S). He started the journal Herpetologica (1932) and co-founded the Herpetologists' League (1936).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Hedges, S. B. and R. Thomas. 1991. Cryptic species of snakes (Typhlopidae: Typhlops) from the Puerto Rico Bank detected by protein electrophoresis. Herpetologica 47: 448-459. - 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 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 Legler, J.M. 1959. A new blind snake (genus Typhlops) from Cuba. Herpetologica 15 (2): 105-112 - 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. NAGY, ZOLTÁN T.; ANGELA B. MARION, FRANK GLAW, AURÉLIEN MIRALLES,<br />JOACHIM NOPPER, MIGUEL VENCES & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2015. Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). Zootaxa 4040 (1): 031–047 - get paper here Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here Ruthven, A. G. and H. T. Gaige. 1935. Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 307:1-12. - 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. 1976. Systematics of Antillean blind snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State Univ.: xvi + 288pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/250164117208194/ Google images

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