New Mexico blind snake facts for kids
Quick facts for kids New Mexico blind snake |
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Rena
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dissecta
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Rena dissecta, also known as New Mexico blind snake or New Mexico threadsnake, is a harmless species of blind snake found in the Southwest and southern United States and northern Mexico.
Geographic range
The New Mexico blind snake is found in the southern United States primarily in the state of New Mexico, but its range extends to southern Colorado, western Texas, western Oklahoma, eastern Arizona and south into northern Mexico.
Taxonomy
It has been treated as both a species and a subspecies. Recent research has once again considered it its own species, due to distinct morphological characteristics.
See also
In Spanish: Rena dulcis para niños
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