Xenotyphlops grandidieri
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Xenotyphlops grandidieri is a species of blind snake endemic to Madagascar. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Taxonomy
In addition to having no subspecies, X. grandidieri is the only species in the genus Xenotyphlops, which is the only genus in the family Xenotyphlopidae. Therefore, X. grandidieri is a monotypic species in a monotypic genus in a monotypic family.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, grandidieri, is in honor of French naturalist Alfred Grandidier.[6]
Geographic range
Xenotyphlops grandidieri is found in northern Madagascar.[4]
For over 100 years X. grandidieri was known only from the type specimens and the vague type locality "Madagascar".[2]
See also
- List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
- Typhlopidae by common name.
- Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ "Xenotyphlops grandidieri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c Wegener et al. 2013.
- ^ "Xenotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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. (Xenotyphlops grandidieri, p. 105).
Further reading
- Mocquard F. 1905. "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens offerte au Muséum par M. Maurice de Rothschild ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 11 (5): 285-288. ("Typhlops Grandidieri ", new species, p. 287). (in French).
- Wegener JE, Swoboda S, Hawlitschek O, Franzen M, Wallach V, Vences M, Nagy ZT, Hedges SB, Köhler J, Glaw F. 2013. "Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia)". Spixiana 36 (2): 269-282.
- Wallach V, Ineich I. 1996. "Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 30 (3): 367-376. (Xenotyphlops, new genus; Xenotyphlops grandidieri, new combination).
External links
- Xenotyphlops grandidieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.