Tiburon Peninsula Blindsnake
Typhlops hectus
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Reptiles
Typhlops hectus is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is endemic to southwestern Haiti and is known from the Tiburon Peninsula and the island of Grand Cayemite, with an isolated record from Gonâve Island. Specimens of uncertain status are known further northeast, in an area extending into the Dominican Republic; whether these belong to Typhlops hectus or an undescribed species is pending further investigations.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Typhlops