Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1954
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1954 or before
Rediscovered in 2005 or before
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Amaral, A. (1954). Contribuição ao conhecimento dos ofídios do Brasil XIV. Descrição de duas espécies novas de "cobra-cega" (fam. Leptotyphlopidae).m Memórias do Instituto Butantan 26: 203-205.
Other references:
Bilate, M and E. Ribeiro. (2005). Geographic distribution. Leptotyphlops salgueiroi. Herpetological Review 36(3): 339.
Costa, Henrique Caldeira, Pinto, Roberta Richard and Santana, Diego José. (2009). Reptilia, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1954: Distribution extension and geographic variation. Check List, Campinas 5(4): 783–786.
Passos, Paulo, Caramaschi, Ulysses and Pinto, Roberta Rich. (2005). Rediscovery and redescription of Leptotyphlops salgueiroi Amaral, 1954 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Bulletin of the National Museum, Zoology Series 520: 1-10.