Mato Grosso blind snake

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.

Mato Grosso blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Siagonodon
Species:
S. cupinensis
Binomial name
Siagonodon cupinensis
Synonyms[2]

Geographic range

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S. cupinensis is found in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Mato Grosso, and Pará, and in Suriname.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of S. cupinensis is savanna.[1]

Description

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S. cupinensis is uniformly yellowish, not striped. It has on average 270 middorsal scales from rostral to tail tip.[2]

Reproduction

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S. cupinensis is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ouboter P (2019). "Siagonodon cupinensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56050441A66750248.en. Accessed on 05 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Siagonodon cupinensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ^ "Siagonodon cupinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

Further reading

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  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. (Siagonodon cupinensis, new combination).
  • Bailey JR, Carvalho AL (1946). "A new Leptotyphlops from Mato Grosso, with notes on Leptotyphlops tenella Klauber". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Série, Zoologia 52: 1–7. (Leptotyphlops cupinensis, new species).
  • Francisco BCS, Pinto RR, Fernandes DS (2018). "Taxonomic Notes on the Genus Siagonodon Peters, 1881, with a Report on Morphological Variation in Siagonodon cupinensis (Bailey and Carvalho, 1946) (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Copeia 106 (2): 321–328.