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Antillotyphlops monastus (THOMAS, 1966)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Montserrat Blindsnake, Montiserrat Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops monastus THOMAS 1966: 257
Typhlops monastus monastus THOMAS 1966
Typhlops monastus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 652
Typhlops monastus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 111
Typhlops monastus — KORNILIOS et al. 2013
Antillotyphlops monastus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops monastus — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Antillotyphlops monastus — NAGY et al. 2015
Typhlops monastus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 767
Antillotyphlops monastus — THORPE 2022 
DistributionMontserrat

Type locality: Between Lawyer's River and Cassava Ghaut, St. Peter's Parish, Montserrat.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 81112, adult male;
Paratypes: BRITISH WEST INDIES, MONTSERRAT: BMNH 1931. 10.18.158-59, 1934.4.1.2.; St. Peter's Parish: ASFS V6674-78, Cassava Ghaut, 1 August 1965, R. Thomas; ASFS V6698-701, same data as holotype, 1 August 1965, R. Thomas; CM 40591, Sweeneys (SE Carr's Bay), 2 August 1965, R. Thomas; USNM 157905-06, same data as holotype, 4 August 1965, R. Thomas; UIMNH 61659-60, 0.6 mi. N Salem Village, 6 August 1965, R. Thomas; MCZ 81113, UF 21510-11, RT 1337, same data as holotype, 6 August 1965, R. Thomas; ASFS V6793-95, same data as holotype, hatched 3 September 1965, from eggs collected 1 August 1965, R. Thomas; St. Anthony's Parish: BMNH 1924.2.19.9-11, Richmond (Estate?); MCZ 81114, taken from gizzard of Falco sparverius collected west slope, South Soufriere, 1400 feet, 5 April 1962, R. F. Klinikowski; ASFS 19394, west slope, South Soufriere, 1300 feet, 7 April 1962, A. Schwartz; CM 40592, approx. 0.75 mi. NE Upper Galway's Estate, 2 August 1965, R. Thomas; ASFS V6720, south side Belham River near mouth, 3 August 1965, R. Thomas; AMNH 94165-66, approx. 0.5 mi. N Roche's Estate, 4 August 1965, R. Thomas. 
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CommentFor illustrations see Thomas, 1966; Thomas, 1976.

Subspecies: Typhlops monastus geotomus THOMAS 1966 is now treated as a full species. 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek word for monastery. 
References
  • Daltry, Jennifer C. 2007. An introduction to the herpetofauna of Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda, with some conservation recommendations. Applied Herpetology 4 (2): 97-130. - 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
  • Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 1999. Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. MacMillan, London & Oxford
  • 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
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • 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.
  • Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here
  • Vidal, Nicolas; Julie Marin, Marina Morini, Steve Donnellan, William R. Branch, Richard Thomas, Miguel Vences, Addison Wynn, Corinne Cruaud and S. Blair Hedges 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6: 558–561 - get paper here
 
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