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Seven Striped Blind Snake

Siagonodon septemstriatus (Schneider 1801)

Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: N Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Roraïma), Guyana, French Guiana, SE Venezuela, Bolivia
Type locality: unknown (fide KORNACKER 1999).
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Seven-striped blind snake

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The seven-striped blind snake (Siagonodon septemstriatus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.[4][5][3]

Geographic range

S. septemstriatus is found in Bolivia, northern Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southeastern Venezuela.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. septemstriatus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Description

S. septemstriatus is yellowish, with seven black stripes along the dorsal scales. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 27 cm (11 in), with a tail 1 cm (0.39 in) long.[2]

Behavior

S. septemstriatus is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

S. septemstriatus is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hoogmoed M, Nogueira C (2019). "Siagonodon septemstriatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56050458A56050497.en. Accessed on 08 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Glauconia septemstriata, p. 71).
  3. ^ a b c d Siagonodon septemstriatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  5. ^ "Leptotyphlops septemstriatus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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Seven-striped blind snake: Brief Summary

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The seven-striped blind snake (Siagonodon septemstriatus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.

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