Bailey's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Trilepida |
Species: | T. anthracina
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Binomial name | |
Trilepida anthracina
Bailey, 1946
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Bailey's blind snake (Trilepida anthracina) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Ecuador.
In Ecuador T. anthracina is found in Abituagua, Balzapamba, Baños de Agua Santa, and Zamora. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of T. anthracina is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft). [1]
Large and stout for its genus, T. anthracina may attain a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). Its coloration is uniformly black, both dorsally and ventrally. [5]
T. anthracina is fossorial and sometimes diurnal. [1]
T. anthracina preys upon termites and insect larvae. [1]
T. anthracina is oviparous. [2]
Bailey's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Trilepida |
Species: | T. anthracina
|
Binomial name | |
Trilepida anthracina
Bailey, 1946
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Bailey's blind snake (Trilepida anthracina) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Ecuador.
In Ecuador T. anthracina is found in Abituagua, Balzapamba, Baños de Agua Santa, and Zamora. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of T. anthracina is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft). [1]
Large and stout for its genus, T. anthracina may attain a total length (including tail) of 29 cm (11 in). Its coloration is uniformly black, both dorsally and ventrally. [5]
T. anthracina is fossorial and sometimes diurnal. [1]
T. anthracina preys upon termites and insect larvae. [1]
T. anthracina is oviparous. [2]