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Distribution

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Continent: Middle-America
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla)
Type locality: Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, elevation 4000 - 6000 ft.

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The giant blind snake (Rena maxima) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[3]^[4]^[2] The species is endemic to Mexico.

The largest recorded specimen of R. maxima is a female with a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 33 cm (13 in) plus a tail 1.8 cm (0.71 in) long.^[5]

R. maxima is oviparous.^[2] Clutch size may be as large as seven eggs.^[5]

^ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Rena maxima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64059A12740985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64059A12740985.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rena maxima at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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.
^ ^a ^b Santos-Bibiano, Rufino; Florentino Melchior, Laura I.; Beltrán-Sánchez, Elizabeth; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R. (2016). "Rena maxima (Giant Blindsnake). Clutch size and maximum length". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 503-504.

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The giant blind snake (Rena maxima) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.