Amaral's blind snake

Amaral's blind snake
	Trilepida koppesi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Trilepida
Species:	T. koppesi
Binomial name
	Trilepida koppesi; Amaral, 1955
Synonyms
	Leptotyphlops koppesi ; Amaral, 1955; Tricheilostoma koppesi ; — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009; Trilepida koppesi ; — Hedges, 2011;

Amaral's blind snake (Trilepida koppesi), also known commonly as cobra-cega and cobra-de-chumbinho in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, koppesi, is in honor of S.J. Koppes, who collected the holotype in 1934.

Description

T. koppesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 34 cm (13 in).

Geographic range

T. koppesi is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Distrito Federal and the Brazilian states of Bahia, Goiás, and Mato Grosso.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. koppesi are grassland and savanna.

Diet

T. koppesi preys upon ants (larvae, pupae, and adults), termite larvae, and beetles.

Reproduction

T. koppesi is oviparous. Clutch size is five to seven eggs.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Silveira AL et al. (22 authors) (2019). "Trilepida koppesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203649A123738527.en. Accessed on 10 October 2024.
1 2 3 4 Species Trilepida koppesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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 koppesi, p. 145).

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. (Tricheilostoma koppesi, new combination).
Amaral A (1955). "Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios neotrópicos: 14. Descrição de duas espécies de "cobra-cega" (fam. Leptotyphlopidae) [= Contribution to the knowledge of the neotropical snakes: 14. Description of two species of "blindsnake" (family Leptotyphlopidae)]". Memórias do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 26: 203–205. (Leptotyphlops koppesi, new species). (in Portuguese).
Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida koppesi, new combination, p. 63).
Passos P, Caramaschi U, Pinto RR (2006). "Redescription of Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1954, and description of a new species of the Leptotyphlops dulcis group from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 27 (3): 347–357.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Silveira AL et al. (22 authors) (2019). "Trilepida koppesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203649A123738527.en. Accessed on 10 October 2024.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Species Trilepida koppesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).

[4] "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

[5] 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 koppesi, p. 145).

Amaral's blind snake

Trilepida koppesi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Trilepida
Species:	T. koppesi
Binomial name
*Trilepida koppesi* Amaral, 1955
Synonyms
Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1955 Tricheilostoma koppesi — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009 Trilepida koppesi — Hedges, 2011