Liotyphlops wilderi
Appearance
Liotyphlops wilderi | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms[2] | |
Liotyphlops wilderi is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[3] The species is endemic to Brazil.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, wilderi, is in honor of Burt Green Wilder, who was an American comparative anatomist and naturalist.[5]
Geographic range
L. wilderi is found in southeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. wilderi are forest and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Silveira AL et al. (18 authors) (2020). "Liotyphlops wilderi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T203203A2762083. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T203203A2762083.en. Downloaded on 01 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Liotyphlops wilderi at 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
- Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241–264.
- 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". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 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 ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops wilderi, new combination, p. 380. (in Portuguese).