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    Siagonodon

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    Siagonodon
    Siagonodon borrichianus.jpg
    Siagonodon borrichianus
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Squamata
    Suborder: Serpentes
    Family: Leptotyphlopidae
    Subfamily: Epictinae
    Genus: Siagonodon
    W. Peters, 1881

    Siagonodon is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus contains four species, all of which were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

    Species[edit]

    The genus Siagonodon contains the following species.[1]

    • Siagonodon acutirostris R. Pinto & Curcio, 2011
    • Siagonodon borrichianus (Degerbøl, 1923) – Degerbol's blind snake
    • Siagonodon cupinensis (J.R. Bailey & A.L. Carvalho, 1946) – Mato Grosso blind snake
    • Siagonodon septemstriatus (J. Schneider, 1801) – seven-striped blind snake

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Genus Siagonodon at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

    Further reading[edit]

    • Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen: 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen ". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (4): 69–71. (Siagonodon, new genus, p. 71). (in German).

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