Goggle-eyed worm snake
| Goggle-eyed worm snake | |
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| Leptotyphlops macrops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. macrops
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops macrops Broadley & Wallach, 1996
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| Goggle-eyed worm snake range (in green) | |
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Synonyms List
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The goggle-eyed worm snake (Leptotyphlops macrops) is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4][5] It lives entirely on the coast of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania in East Africa. It lives in savanna, forest, and artificial/terrestrial habitats. It's population is fragmented, their populations have extreme fluctuations, and are in decline. It was assessed on January 26, 2014 as conservation status Least Concern.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Malonza, P.; Spawls, S. (2014). "Leptotyphlops macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T44979811A44979817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T44979811A44979817.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Species Leptotyphlops macrops at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.com.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Leptotyphlops macrops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
- ^ Malonza, P. & Spawls (2022). "Leptotyphlops macrops (amended version of 2022 assessment): e.T44979811A217807671". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
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