Big-scaled blind snake

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The big-scaled blind snake (Trilepida macrolepis) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
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Big-scaled blind snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species:
T. macrolepis
Binomial name
Trilepida macrolepis
(W. Peters, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Stenostoma macrolepis
    W. Peters, 1857
  • Stenostoma (Tricheilostoma) macrolepis
    — Jan, 1861
  • Glauconia macrolepis
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Leptotyphlops macrolepis
    — Ruthven, 1922
  • Leptotyphlops ihlei
    Brongersma, 1933
  • Tricheilostoma macrolepis
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida macrolepis
    — Hedges, 2011
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Taxonomy

T. macrolepis is the type species of the genus Trilepida.[1]

Geographic range

T. macrolepis has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Panama, and Venezuela.[1]

Description

T. macrolepis has 14 rows of scales around the body. Each scale has a lighter border. The centers of the scales in the seven dorsal rows are uniform dark brown to black. The centers of the scales in the seven ventral rows are light brown to brown.[1]

Reproduction

T. macrolepis is oviparous.[1]

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