Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Yucatan blindsnake

  ORDER -                SERPENTES
  FAMILY -               Typhlopidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Typhlops microstomus

  REFERENCES - 2 and  1

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize, Belize                                                       2
  Corozal, Belize                                                      1
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Shipstern Nature Reserve                                                    1
  Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve                                             2
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30'           2
  18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15'           1
  

  References

  1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  2  McCoy, C. J. 1990. Additions to the Herpetofauna of Belize, Central
     America.  Caribbean Journal of Science. 26 (3-4):164-166.
  
  3  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.