Typhlops reuteri
| Typhlops reuteri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Asiatyphlopinae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. reuteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops reuteri Boettger, 1881 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Typhlops reuteri is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, reuteri, is in honor of "C. Reuter" who collected the holotype.[4]
Geographic range
T. reuteri is endemic to the Madagascan island Nosy Be.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Madatyphlops reuteri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops reuteri, p. 220).
Further reading
- Boettger, O[skar] (1881). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum Novorum insulae Nossi-Bé Madagascariensis ". Zoologische Anzeiger 4: 650-651. (Typhlops reuteri, new species, p. 650). (in Latin).
- Nagy, Zoltán; Marion, Angela B.; Glaw, Frank; Miralles, Aurélien; Nopper, Joachim; Vences, Miguel; Hedges, S. Blair (2015). "Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". Zootaxa 4040 (1): 31-47.
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