Leptotyphlops weyrauchi
| Leptotyphlops weyrauchi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. weyrauchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops weyrauchi Orejas-Miranda, 1964 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, or the Argentine blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, weyrauchi, is in honor of German-born Peruvian zoologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.[4]
References
- ↑ "Epictia albipuncta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ 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. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, p. 283).
Further reading
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, p. 118 + two color photos, p. 6).
- Orejas-Miranda RB (1964). "Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America ". Comun. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 8 (103): 1-7. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, new species, p. 1). (in Spanish).
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