cobra-cega

English translation: blind snake

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Portuguese term or phrase:	cobra-cega
English translation:	blind snake
Entered by:	Renata Costa (X)

12:07 Apr 1, 2004

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Biology

Portuguese term or phrase: cobra-cega

Serpente, família Leptotyphlopidae
n.c.: Leptotyphlops koppesi.

Obrigada,
Renata Costa.

Renata Costa (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 340 (5 open) (3 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 131 Brazil
Local time: 11:21

blind snake

Explanation:
Web Results 1 - 10 of about 327 for Leptotyphlopidae "blind snake". (0.18 seconds)

Digimorph - Leptotyphlops dulcis (Texas Blind Snake)
... 1991a. Further studies on the ophidian cranial osteology: The skull of the Egyptian
blind snake Leptotyphlops cairi (Family Leptotyphlopidae). I. The cranium. ...
www.digimorph.org/specimens/Leptotyphlops_dulcis/ - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

Digimorph - Ramphotyphlops braminus (Brahminy blind snake) - whole
... the blind snake, Typhlops braminus. Spolia Zeylanica 28:169-174. List, JC 1966.
Comparative osteology of the snake families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae. ...
www.digimorph.org/specimens/Ramphotyphlops_braminus/ whole/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.digimorph.org ]

Western blind snake (Leptotyphlops humilis)
western blind snake (Leptotyphlops humilis). Order: Squamata Family: Leptotyphlopidae
(blind snakes) Other common names: worm snake Spanish names: culebra. ...
www.desertmuseum.org/books/blind_snake.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Texas Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis)
... Texas Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis). Family Leptotyphlopidae. Photo from
Hammerson, 1986. Used with permission. Last Updated on January 20, 2000. ...
coloherp.org/geo/species/speledu.php - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

City of Austin - Plains blind snake (fotosnk11)
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. ***. **.Plains blind snake,
Leptotyphus dulcis dulcis, family Leptotyphlopidae. ***. ...
www.ci.austin.tx.us/preserves/fotosnk11.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Welcome to McMartinVille
Plains Blind Snake. Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles) Suborder: Serpentes (=Ophidia)
(snakes) Family: Leptotyphlopidae (blind snakes) Genus: Leptotyphlops ...
www.mcmartinville.com/chris/reptiles/ trips/texas/blind.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

BLIND SNAKE - Meaning and Definition of the Word
... See Also: family Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops humilis, ophidian,
serpent, snake, western blind snake. COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. ...
www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/blind snake - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

PageSurf typical blind snake Foods Directory
... Snakes of North America Snakes of North America FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE (slender
blind snakes) This family of snakes is composed of 50 ... Texas Blind Snake. ...
natural-history.pagesurf.com/ cgi-bin/search/smartsearch.cgi?keywords=Typical+Blind+Snake - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

blind snake definition of blind snake. What is blind snake? ...
... family Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae - blind snakes. Leptotyphlops humilis,
western blind snake - burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/blind snake - 9k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 10:21

Grading comment

Obrigada, Marian.
Obrigada a todos os que responderam.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

blind snake

Marian Greenfield

3 +1

Amphisbaenian

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

Koppes' slender blind snake

Muriel Vasconcellos

Answers

3 mins confidence:

blind snake

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 10:21
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Obrigada, Marian.
Obrigada a todos os que responderam.

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Amphisbaenian

Explanation:
Nombres vernáculos Serpeta cega (catalán), escáncer cego (gallego), Cobra-cega (portugués), Amphisbaenian (inglés), Amphisbène cendré (francés), Netzwüle (alemán) (López, 1997; 2002)

Reference: http://www.google.com.br/search?q=cache:kcZPhM5wSXwJ:www.ver...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 16:21
Native speaker of:

Norwegian,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

9 hrs confidence:

Koppes' slender blind snake

Explanation:
Miriam, I didn't mean to hit the "disagree" button. "Blind snake" is OK as far as it goes, but the genus is called "slender blind snake" (94 hits on Google), and absent any species name in English (there doesn't seem to be any), one puts the name of the scientist who identified it, which in this case would have to be Koppes.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 07:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 40

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