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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia and Caldas).
Type locality: Jerico, Antioquia, Colombia, 1967 m

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Joshua's blind snake (Trilepida joshuai) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.^[3]^[4]^[2]

The specific name, joshuai, is a reference to Joshua, victor at the Battle of Jericho, in reference to the type locality, Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia.^[5]

T. joshuai is found in the Colombian departments of Antioquia, Caldas, and Valle del Cauca.^[2]

T. joshuai is black dorsally, and white ventrally. The total length (including tail) of the holotype is 27 cm (11 in).^[6]

T. joshuai is oviparous.^[2]

^ Arredondo, J.C.; Wallach, V. (2015). "Trilepida joshuai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T178428A44954468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178428A44954468.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Trilepida joshuai 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.
^ 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 joshuai, p. 136).
^ Dunn (1944).

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Joshua's blind snake (Trilepida joshuai) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.