Plains Threadsnake
Leptotyphlops dulcis dulcis
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- L. d. dulcis – Dickens Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- L. d. dulcis – Kendall Co, TX – photo by Connor Travis
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- L. d. dulcis – Motley Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Leptotyphlops d. dulcis occurs in central and north central Texas from San Antonio northward to the Oklahoma border and westward into the lower part of the Texas Panhandle.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Leptotyphlops dulcis dulcis (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Leptotyphlops, Greek – leptos = slender or thin + typhlos + blind + ops = eye – ref. small size, slender aspect and lack of functional eyes
Species/Subspecies: dulcis, Latin = sweet
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962