Dugand's blind snake (Trilepida dugandi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is endemic to South America.. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, dugandi, is in honor of Colombian naturalist Armando Dugand.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 76).
Geographic range T. dugandi is found in Atlántico Department, Colombia.Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Leptotyphlops dugandi, p. 118).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of T. dugandi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to , but it has also been found in rural gardens.
Description Dorsally, T. dugandi is brown with seven dark copper stripes. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.
Reproduction T. dugandi is oviparous.
References
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. (Tricheilostoma dugandi, new combination). Dunn ER (1944). "A Review of the Colombian Snakes of the Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae". Caldasia 3 (11): 47–55. (Leptotyphlops dugandi, new species, pp. 52–53). Hedges SB (2011). "The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae)". Zootaxa 3027: 63–64. (Trilepida dugandi, new combination).