Gierra's blind snake
| Gierra'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: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. gierrai
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops gierrai Mocquard, 1897
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Afrotyphlops gierrai, also known as the Gierra's blind snake or Usambara spotted worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]
Etymology
The specific name, gierrai, is in honor of Mr. A. Gierra, an expert in the languages of North Africa and East Africa, who collected the type specimen.[5]
Geographic range
It is endemic to Tanzania, where it is found in the Ukaguru Mountains, the Ulaguru Mountains, and the Usambara Mountains.[2]
References
- ^ Menegon, M. & Spawls, S. 2010. Afrotyphlops gierrai. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178405A7540131. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178405A7540131.en. Downloaded on 03 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Afrotyphlops gierrai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 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.
- ^ 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 gierrai, p. 100).
Further reading
- Broadley DG, Wallach V (2009). "A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species". Zootaxa 2255: 1-100. (Afrotyphlops gierrai, new combination, p. 38).
- Mocquard F (1897). "Note sur quelques Reptiles de Tanga, don de M. [=Monsieur ] Gierra ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 3 (4): 122-123. (Typhlops gierrai, new species). (in French).