Typhlops sulcatus
Encyclopedia
Typhlops sulcatus, the sulcate blind snake or island worm snake, is a species of snake
in the Typhlopidae
family.
including Navassa Island
, an uninhabited island located in the Caribbean.
, where the species became a casualty of human interference and feral
predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
in the Typhlopidae
Typhlopidae
The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel like burrowing structure. They live underground in burrows, and since...
family.
Geographic range
It is believed to be endemic to southwestern HispaniolaHispaniola
Hispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
including Navassa Island
Navassa Island
Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea, claimed as an unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Haiti, which claims to have had sovereignty over Navassa since 1801, also claims the island...
, an uninhabited island located in the Caribbean.
Conservation status
Extinct on Navassa IslandNavassa Island
Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea, claimed as an unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Haiti, which claims to have had sovereignty over Navassa since 1801, also claims the island...
, where the species became a casualty of human interference and feral
Feral
A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed. In the case of plants it is a movement from cultivated to uncultivated or controlled to volunteer. The introduction of feral animals or plants to their non-native regions, like any introduced species, may...
predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.