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Trilepida

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Trilepida
Big-scaled blind snake (Trilepida macrolepis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Trilepida
Hedges, 2011

Trilepida is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.

Geographic range

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Species in the genus Trilepida are native to northern South America and Panama.[1]

Taxonomy

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All of the species in the genus Trilepida were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species

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The genus contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trilepida.

References

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  1. ^ a b Genus Trilepida at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Hedges, S. Blair (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida, new genus, p. 63).