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Not what I'd call a major rediscovery (any burrowing species is going to be elusive under the best conditions), but this particular species of blindsnake was last seen in 1905.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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(THOMAS & S.B. HEDGES) in Zootaxa 1400: 1-26 (2007) 11 species of blindsnake are described.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The reptile and amphibian fauna is poor in this area, although reptiles include the hookbilled blindsnake (Leptotyphlops macroshychus), cliff racer (Coluber rhodorachis) and white-spotted gecko (Tarentola annilaris).
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Hedges, professor of biology at Penn State University, was a lead author of the study, which looked at the evolution of blindsnakes by examining the genetics of 96 blindsnake species of some 260 known species.
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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"Our findings show that continental drift had a huge impact on blindsnake evolution," explains Nicolas Vidal, of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and co-author of the study, "by separating populations from each other as continents moved apart."
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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"Our findings show that continental drift had a huge impact on blindsnake evolution," Vidal said, "by separating populations from each other as continents moved apart."
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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"Our findings show that continental drift had a huge impact on blindsnake evolution," Vidal said, "by separating populations from each other as continents moved apart."
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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B ut this was not the only blindsnake odyssey: blindsnakes made an even more incredible journey tens of millions of years ago.
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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"Our findings show that continental drift had a huge impact on blindsnake evolution," Vidal said, "by separating populations from each other as continents moved apart."
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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World-traveling blindsnake points to Madagascar's origins and great voyages across the Atlantic.
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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