| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Bailey's Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Leptotyphlops anthracinus BAILEY 1946
Leptotyphlops anthracinus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 21
Tricheilostoma anthracinum — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Trilepida anthracina — HEDGES 2011
Tricheilostoma anthracinum — PINTO & FERNANDES 2012
Trilepida anthracina — WALLACH et al. 2014: 738 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (Banos, Abituagua, Balzapamba, Zamora)
Type locality: Ecuador, nr. Baños, 1800 m elevation.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 90816, collected by: W. Clarck-McIntyre, August 1939. Paratypes: (n=7) UMMZ 92531, 88897, and 92532, same locality as holotype; UMMZ 90817, 92533-35, 1100 meters, Abitagua, Rio Pastaza Valley, eastern Ecuador. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A large, stout Leptotyphlops allied to macrolepis, differing from it principally in having about 45 fewer median dorsal scales and a uniform black coloration.” (Bailey 1946)
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| Comment | Distribution: Has been mentioned for Colombia but without reliable evidence. Not listed by PEREZ-SANTOS & MORENO 1988 for Colombia. |
| Etymology | Presumably named after Greek ἀνθράκινος or “anthrakos” = coal, carbon, after the dark color of the species. |
| References |
- Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here
- Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
- Bailey, Joseph R. 1946. Leptotyphlops anthracinus, a new blind snake from eastern Ecuador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (492): 1-5 - get paper here
- Cisneros-Heredia D.F. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops, Ecuador: Re-evaluation of the species cited for the country. Check List 4 (2): 178–181 - get paper here
- HEDGES, S. BLAIR 2011. The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3027: 63–64 - 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.
- Passos, Paulo; Caramaschi, Ulisses; Pinto, Roberta R. 2006. Redescription of Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1954, and description of a new species of the Leptotyphlops dulcis group from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 27 (3): 347-357 - get paper here
- Pinto, Roberta R. and Ronaldo Fernandes 2012. A New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Tricheilostoma from Espinhaço Range, Brazil and Taxonomic Status of Rena dimidiata (Jan, 1861) (Serpentes: Epictinae: Leptotyphlopidae). Copeia 2012 (1): 37-48. - get paper here
- Salazar-Valenzuela D, Martins A, Amador-Oyola L, Torres-Carvajal O. 2015. A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from northern Ecuador. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (1) [Special Section]: 107–120 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - 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.
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