Three New Species of Thread Snakes (serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Hispaniola
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^toraci.•Three new species of thread snakes of the genus Leptotyphlops are described from Hispaniola as: L. calypso from the Samaná Peninsula, and L. asboîepis from the Sierra Martin Garcia, Dominican RepubUc, and L. leptepileptus from the Massif de la Selle, Haiti. These three species together with L. bilineatus and L. pyrites form a distinct group of Leptotyphlops that is restricted to the West Indies, All five species are compared and a key to the seven species of the genus known from the West Indies is presented.
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