Typhlops syntherus THOMAS, 1965

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Barahona Peninsula Blindsnake, Barahona Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops syntherus THOMAS 1965: 436 Typhlops syntherus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 659 Typhlops syntherus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 120 Typhlops syntherus — KORNILIOS et al. 2013 Typhlops syntherus — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops syntherus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 772
Distribution	Hispaniola (SE Haiti, SW Dominican Republic) Type locality: S km N Pedernales, Pedernales Province, República Dominicana.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 77215.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Thomas, 1965; Thomas, 1976.
References	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 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Thomas, R. 1965. A new species of Typhlops from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. Copeia 1965 (4): 436-439 - 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. 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. White, L. R., J. S. Parmerlee, Jr., and R. Powell. 1992. Typhlops syntherus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (551) - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida3.html https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/374578248100113/ Google images

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