Leptotyphlops bilineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Leptotyphlopidae Genus: Leptotyphlops Species: L. bilineatus
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops bilineatus (Schlegel, 1839)
Synonyms
Typhlops bilineatus - Schlegel, 1839 Typhlops (Eucephalus) bilineatus - Fitzinger, 1843 Stenostoma bilineatum - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Epicrata bilineatus - Gray, 1845 Stenostoma. (Tetracheilostoma) bilineatum - Jan & Sordelli, 1861 Stenostoma. (Tetracheilostoma) bilineatum - Jan, 1863 Glauconia bilineata - Boulenger, 1893 Leptotyphlops bilineata - Barbour, 1914 Leptotyphlops bilineatus - Hahn, 1980 [1]

Common names: thread snake.

Leptotyphlops bilineatus is a harmless blind snake species found in the Lesser Antilles. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]

Description

This is the world's smallest snake, being small enough to slither through a pencil if the lead were removed.

Geographic range

Found in the islands of the Lesser Antilles: Martinique, St. Lucia and Barbados. A specimen from "Guadeloupe" was reported by Duméril and Bibron (1844:331), but none are known from that island. The type locality given is "Vaterland Martinique."^[1]

See also

• List of leptotyphlopid species and subspecies.
• Leptotyphlopidae by common name.
• Leptotyphlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.

References

External links

• Leptotyphlops bilineatus at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.