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Siagonodon

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Siagonodon
Siagonodon borrichianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Siagonodon
W. Peters, 1881

Siagonodon is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus contains five species, all of which were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species

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The genus Siagonodon contains the following species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Genus Siagonodon at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Peters W (1881). "Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen: 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der Typhlopes und Stenostomi gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen ". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (4): 69–71. (Siagonodon, new genus, p. 71). (in German).
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