Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Higher classification Leptotyphlops dulcis | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Leptotyphlopidae Rank Subspecies | |
Scientific name Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus Similar Leptotyphlops, Snake, Leptotyphlops dulcis, Reptile, Scolecophidia | ||
Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus is a harmless blind snake subspecies found in the Southwest and southern United States and northern Mexico.
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Geographic range
The New Mexico blind snake is found in the southern United States primarily in the state of New Mexico, but its range extends to southern Colorado, western Texas, western Oklahoma, eastern Arizona and south into northern Mexico.
Taxonomy
When first described it was considered its own species, but it was reclassified to a subspecies. Recent research has once again considered it its own species, due to distinct morphological characteristics, but this reclassification is not yet widely accepted.
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