Liotyphlops wilderi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Anomalepididae |
| Genus: | Liotyphlops |
| Species: | L. wilderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Liotyphlops wilderi (Garman, 1883)
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Liotyphlops wilderi is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, wilderi, is in honor of Burt Green Wilder, who was an American comparative anatomist and naturalist.[4]
References
- ^ "Liotyphlops wilderi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
- ^ "Liotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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. (Liotyphlops wilderi, p. 285).
Further reading
- Garman S (1883). "On certain Reptiles from Brazil and Florida". Science Observer, Boston 4 (5/6): 47–48. (Typhlops wilderi, new species, p. 48).
- Hammar AG (1908). "Note on the Type Specimen of a Blind Snake Helminthophis wilderi (Garman), from Brazil". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Eighth Series 1: 334–335. (Helminthophis wilderi, new combination, pp. 334–335, Figures a-c).
- Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sóbre os ofídios e lagartos da cachoeira de ema, no município de Pirassununga, estado de São Paulo ". Rev. Brasileira Biol., Rio de Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops wilderi, new combination, p. 380. (in Portuguese).