Wilson's blind snake
| Wilson's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Myriopholis |
| Species: | M. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Myriopholis wilsoni Hahn, 1978
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Wilson's blind snake (Myriopholis wilsoni) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to Yemen.
Etymology
The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of American mammalogist Don Ellis Wilson.[5]
Geographic range
M. wilsoni is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of M. wilsoni are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 995 m (3,264 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Sindaco R, Grieco C, Riservato E (2011). "Leptotyphlops wilsoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199746A9125142. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199746A9125142.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Species Myriopholis wilsoni 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). (Leptotyphlops wilsoni, p. 46).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". 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 (Leptotyphlops wilsoni, p. 287).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Myriopholis wilsoni, new combination).
- Hahn DE (1978). "A Brief Review of the Genus Leptotyphlops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) of Asia, with Description of a New Species". J. Herpetology 12 (4): 477–489. (Leptotyphlops wilsoni, new species).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK, Venchi A, Grieco C (2013). The Reptiles of the Western Paleartic, Volume 2: Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to Volume 1. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 543 pp. ISBN 978-8889504345.