The St. Lucia threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma breuili) is a species of blind snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to the West Indies.
Etymology The specific name, breuili, is in honor of French herpetologist Michel Breuil.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptotyphlops breuili, p. 38).
Geographic range T. breuili is endemic to the Caribbean island-nation of Saint Lucia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of T. breuili is forest, at altitudes of .
Description T. breuili can reach a total length (including tail) of . It is dark brown with two yellowish lateral stripes, like the closely related L. bilineatus (Martinique) and L. carlae (Barbados). It differs from those two species by having two spots behind its head, and a dark tail. (Leptotyphlops breuili, new species, p. 9 + Figure 1B).
Reproduction T. breuili is oviparous.
References
External links
Leptotyphlops breuili at the Encyclopedia of Life
Further reading Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Tracheilostoma breuili, new combination).