Haitian border threadsnake

The Haitian border threadsnake (Mitophis leptepileptus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3][4] It is endemic to Haiti, where it is possibly extinct.

Haitian border threadsnake

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Mitophis
Species:
M. leptepileptus
Binomial name
Mitophis leptepileptus
(Thomas, McDiarmid and Thompson, 1985)
Synonyms

Leptotyphlops leptepilepta
Leptotyphlops leptipilepta
Leptotyphlops leptipileptus

References

  1. Hedges, B., Inchaustegui, S. & Landestoy, M. 2016. Mitophis leptepileptus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75601408A115484518. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75601408A75607594.en. Downloaded on 27 July 2018.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, TourĂ© T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Mitophis leptepileptus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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