Montiserrat Worm Snake

Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Montserrat, Barbuda, Antigua, St. Christopher, Nevis (Lesser Antilles) Typhlops monastus monastus: Montserrat;
Type locality: Between Lawyer's River and Cassava Ghaut, St. Peter's Parish, Montserrat. Typhlops monastus geotomus (HOLOTYPE MCZ 81115): Barbuda, Antigua (and Great Bird I.), St. Christopher, Nevis.

Typhlops monastus Thomas

MATERIAL.—5 vertebrae (USNM 340172). MNI = 3.

MATERIAL.—1 vertebra (USNM 340200).

The Montserrat worm snake (Antillotyphlops monastus) is a species of blind snake that is endemic to the Caribbean Lesser Antilles.

It has a trunk length up to 258 mm, with a tail up to 44 mm long. Its dorsal surface is medium brown, with a lighter ventral surface. It is insectivorous and fossorial.

It is found on Montserrat.