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Socotra worm snake

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Socotra worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Typhlopidae
Genus:
Typhlops
Species:
T. socotranus
Binomial name
Typhlops socotranus
(Boulenger, 1889)

Typhlops socotranus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2] It is found only on the island of Socotra in Yemen.

First description

  • George Albert Boulenger, 1889 : Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 360-363 (read online).

References

  1. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  2. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1


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