The island worm snake (Typhlops sulcatus)[2] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[3][4]
| Island worm snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: |
T. sulcatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops sulcatus Cope, 1868 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Typhlops haitiensis Richmond, 1964 | |
It is endemic to southwestern Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), formerly including Navassa Island, an uninhabited island located in the Caribbean.[5]
It has been rated Near Threatened. It is extirpated from Navassa Island, where the species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.
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