Liotyphlops ternetzii
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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. ternetzii
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| Binomial name | |
| Liotyphlops ternetzii (Boulenger, 1896)
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Liotyphlops ternetzii is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[3] The species is endemic to South America.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, ternetzii, is in honor of ichthyologist Carl Ternetz (born 1870).[5]
Geographic range
L. ternetzii is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. ternetzii are grassland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes of 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Nogueira CC, Williams J, Fitzgerald L, Arzamendia V, Scrocchi G (2019). "Liotyphlops ternetzii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203201A2762069. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203201A2762069.en. Downloaded on 18 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Species Liotyphlops ternetzii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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 ternetzii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ 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 ternetzii, p. 263).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Helminthophis ternetzii, new species, p. 584).
- Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid [sic] Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241-264.
- Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Liotyphlops ternetzii, p. 86).