Kei Island worm snake
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| Species: | T. kraalii
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Typhlops kraalii is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, kraali, is in honor of Captain P.F. Kraal of the Dutch military in the Moluccas, who assisted the Italian expedition on which the holotype was collected.[4]
Geographic range
T. kraalii is found in the Kai Islands of Indonesia.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Malayotyphlops kraalii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Jonathan A. Campbell; T'Shaka A. Touré. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ^ 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 kraali [sic]", p. 146).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops kraalii, p. 30).
- Doria G. 1874. "Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina, alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872-73 ". [= Enumeration of the reptiles collected by Dr. O. Beccari on Ambon Island, in the Aru Islands and in the Kai Islands during the years 1872-1873]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 6: 325-357 + Plates XI-XII. (Typhlops kraalii, new species, p. 347 + Plate XII, figure f, 5 views). (in Italian).
- 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. (Malayotyphlops kraalii, new combination).