New Mexico Threadsnake
Leptotyphlops dissectus
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- L. dissectus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- L. dissectus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- L. dissectus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Leptotyphlops dissectus occurs in southeastern Arizona and southern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Leptotyphlops dissectus (Cope – 1896)
Genus: Leptotyphlops, Greek – leptos = slender or thin + typhlos + blind + ops = eye – ref. small size, slender aspect and lack of functional eyes
Species: dissectus, Latin – dis = twice + sectus = cleft – pos. ref. to divided supralabial
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962