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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Colombia (Atlantico).
Type locality: Juanamina, 20 m, about 11 km southwest of Barranquilla, Departamento Atlantico, Colombia.
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Dugand's blind snake

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Dugand's blind snake (Trilepida dugandi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to South America.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dugandi, is in honor of Colombian naturalist Armando Dugand.[5]

Geographic range

T. dugandi is found in Atlántico Department, Colombia.[2][6]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. dugandi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft), but it has also been found in rural gardens.[1]

Description

Dorsally, T. dugandi is brown with seven dark copper stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.[2]

Reproduction

T. dugandi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ortega A, Caicedo J (2015). "Trilepida dugandi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T203646A115351657. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T203646A2769347.en. Downloaded on 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Species Trilepida dugandi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 76).
  6. ^ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 118).
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Dugand's blind snake: Brief Summary

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Dugand's blind snake (Trilepida dugandi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.

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