Trans-Pecos Threadsnake
Leptotyphlops humilis segregus
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- L. h. segregus – Presidio Co, TX – photo from iNaturalist, Diana-Terry Hibbitts
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Leptotyphlops h. segregus occurs in southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos and Big Bend regions of Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Leptotyphlops humilis segregus (Klauber – 1939)
Genus: Leptotyphlops, Greek – leptos = slender or thin + typhlos + blind + ops = eye – ref. small size, slender aspect and lack of functional eyes
Species: humilis, Latin = small or ground dwelling
Subspecies: segregus, Latin = seperate, removed from another – ref. isolated geographical distribution
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962