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Antillotyphlops monensis (SCHMIDT, 1926)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mona Blindsnake, Mona Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops monensis SCHMIDT 1926:157
Typhlops monensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 653
Typhlops monensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 111
Antillotyphlops monensis — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops monensis — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Antillotyphlops monensis — NAGY et al. 2015
Typhlops monensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 767 
DistributionIsla Mona (Antilles), Puerto Rico

Type locality: Isla Mona.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMH R19667 (formerly 1582); Paratype ZMH R19637 (formerly 2039), designated by K.P. Schmidt 1926 
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CommentFor illustrations see Schmidt, 1926; Thomas, 1976. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Mona Island. 
References
  • 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
  • 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
  • RIVERA, DANIELLE, JAN P. ZEGARRA, CIELO E. FIGUEROLA-HERNÁNDEZ, JOSE-LUIS HERRERA-GIRALDO, NAHÍRA HERNANDEZ-AROCHO, NATHAN J. HOSTETTER, JAIME A. COLLAZO & RAYNA C. BELL. 2023. Contemporary record and photographs of the rarely seen and poorly known Mona Blindsnake, Antillotyphlops monensis (Schmidt, 1926), with comments on its ecology and conservation Herpetology Notes 16: 915–918. - get paper here
  • Schmidt, K. P. 1926. The amphibians and reptiles of Mona Island, West Indies. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Ser. Zool. 12:149-163. - 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.
 
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