Typhlops syntherus

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Landestoy, M. |author2=Hedges, B. |author3=Inchaustegui, S. |date=2016 |title=Typhlops syntherus |volume=2016 |page=e.T178255A77338641 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178255A77338641.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Typhlops syntherus

| authority = {{Interlanguage link multi|Richard Thomas (zoologist)|fr|Richard Thomas (zoologiste)|lt=Thomas}}, 1965

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Typhlops syntherus (common names: Barahona Peninsula blindsnake, Barahona worm snake ) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.{{ITIS |id=634657 |taxon=Typhlops |access-date=August 16, 2010}} It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and occurs in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is oviparous. It is a relatively common species but occurs in an area with dense human population where it is threatened by habitat loss.