Big-scaled blind snake

The big-scaled blind snake (Trilepida macrolepis) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[2][3] The species is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.

Big-scaled blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Trilepida
Species:	T. macrolepis
Binomial name
Trilepida macrolepis (W. Peters, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
Stenostoma macrolepis W. Peters, 1857 Stenostoma (Tricheilostoma) macrolepis — Jan, 1861 Glauconia macrolepis — Boulenger, 1893 Leptotyphlops macrolepis — Ruthven, 1922 Leptotyphlops ihlei Brongersma, 1933 Tricheilostoma macrolepis — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009 Trilepida macrolepis — Hedges, 2011

Taxonomy

T. macrolepis is the type species of the genus Trilepida.^[1]

Geographic range

T. macrolepis has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Panama, and Venezuela.^[1]

Description

T. macrolepis has 14 rows of scales around the body. Each scale has a lighter border. The centers of the scales in the seven dorsal rows are uniform dark brown to black. The centers of the scales in the seven ventral rows are light brown to brown.^[1]

Reproduction

T. macrolepis is oviparous.^[1]