Big-scaled blind snake

Big-scaled blind snake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Trilepida
Species:
T. macrolepis
Binomial name
Trilepida macrolepis
(W. Peters, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Stenostoma macrolepis
    W. Peters, 1857
  • Stenostoma (Tricheilostoma) macrolepis
    — Jan, 1861
  • Glauconia macrolepis
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Leptotyphlops macrolepis
    — Ruthven, 1922
  • Leptotyphlops ihlei
    Brongersma, 1933
  • Tricheilostoma macrolepis
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida macrolepis
    — Hedges, 2011

The big-scaled blind snake (Trilepida macrolepis) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.

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