Mocquard's worm snake
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| Species: | T. decorsei
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| Typhlops decorsei Mocquard, 1901
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Typhlops decorsei is a species of African typhlopid snake.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, decorsei, is in honor of French army doctor Gaston-Jules Decorse (1873-1907).[3]
Geographic range
T. decorsei is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Madatyphlops decorsei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops decorsei, p. 67).
Further reading
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N. 2014. "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Madatyphlops decorsei, new combination).
- Mocquard F. 1901. "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens recueillis par M. Alluad dans le sud de Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 7: 251-256. (Typhlops decorsei, new species, p. 255). (in French).