The preferred natural habitats of T. dugandi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 800m (2,600ft), but it has also been found in rural gardens.
Description
Dorsally, T. dugandi is brown with seven dark copper stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.
↑Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 76).
↑Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 118).
Further reading
Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa2244: 1-50. (Tricheilostoma dugandi, new combination).
Dunn ER (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". Caldasia3 (11): 47–55. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, new species, pp.52–53).
Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus TricheilostomaJan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa3027: 63–64. (Trilepida dugandi, new combination).