Typhlops schmutzi
| Typhlops schmutzi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Asiatyphlopinae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. schmutzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops schmutzi Auffenberg, 1980 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Typhlops schmutzi, commonly called Schmutz's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, schmutzi, is in honor of Father Erwin Schmutz, who in addition to being a missionary, is also a herpetologist and ornithologist.[5]
Geographic range
T. schmutzi is found in Indonesia on the islands of Flores and Komodo.[2]
References
- ↑ Vogel G (2011). "Typhlops schmutzi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Indotyphlops schmutzi ". 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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 119).
- ↑ 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 schmutzi, p. 237).
Further reading
- Auffenberg, Walter (1980). "The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas". Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci. 25 (2): 39-156. (Typhlops schmutzi, new species, pp. 114-115, Figure 36).
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Indotyphlops schmutzi, new combination).
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