Mato Grosso blind snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Siagonodon |
Species: | S. cupinensis
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Binomial name | |
Siagonodon cupinensis
Bailey &
A.L. Carvalho, 1946
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Mato Grosso blind snake (Siagonodon cupinensis) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] [2] The species is native to northeastern South America.
S. cupinensis is found in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Mato Grosso, and Pará, and in Suriname. [1] [2]
The preferred natural habitat of S. cupinensis is savanna. [1]
S. cupinensis is uniformly yellowish, not striped. It has on average 270 middorsal scales from rostral to tail tip. [2]
S. cupinensis is oviparous. [2]
Mato Grosso blind snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Siagonodon |
Species: | S. cupinensis
|
Binomial name | |
Siagonodon cupinensis
Bailey &
A.L. Carvalho, 1946
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
The Mato Grosso blind snake (Siagonodon cupinensis) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] [2] The species is native to northeastern South America.
S. cupinensis is found in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Mato Grosso, and Pará, and in Suriname. [1] [2]
The preferred natural habitat of S. cupinensis is savanna. [1]
S. cupinensis is uniformly yellowish, not striped. It has on average 270 middorsal scales from rostral to tail tip. [2]
S. cupinensis is oviparous. [2]