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*[[Emmett Reid Dunn|Dunn ER]] (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". ''Caldasia'' '''3''' (11): 47-55. (''Leptotyphlops joshuai'', new species, pp. 53-54, Figures 9-10). |
*[[Emmett Reid Dunn|Dunn ER]] (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". ''Caldasia'' '''3''' (11): 47-55. (''Leptotyphlops joshuai'', new species, pp. 53-54, Figures 9-10). |
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*[[Stephen Blair Hedges|Hedges SB]] (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus ''Tricheilostoma'' Jan revisited (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae)". ''Zootaxa'' '''3027''': 63-64. (''Trilepida joshuai'', new combination, p. 63). |
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Revision as of 10:47, 30 October 2018
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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. joshuai
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| Trilepida joshuai (Dunn, 1944)
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Joshua's blind snake (Trilepida joshuai ) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.[3][4][2]
Etymology
The specific name, joshuai, is a reference to Joshua, victor at the Battle of Jericho, in reference to the type locality, Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia.[5]
Geographic range
T. joshuai is found in the Colombian departments of Antioquia, Caldas, and Valle del Cauca.[2]
Description
T. joshuai is black dorsally, and white ventrally. The total length (including tail) of the holotype is 27 cm (11 in).[6]
Reproduction
References
- ^ Arredondo JC, Wallach V (2015). "Trilepida joshuai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T178428A44954468. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178428A44954468.en. Downloaded on 24 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d Trilepida joshuai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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 joshuai, p. 136).
- ^ Dunn (1944).
Further reading
- Dunn ER (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". Caldasia 3 (11): 47-55. (Leptotyphlops joshuai, new species, pp. 53-54, Figures 9-10).
- Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63-64. (Trilepida joshuai, new combination, p. 63).