Leptotyphlops wilsoni
| Leptotyphlops wilsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops wilsoni Hahn, 1978 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leptotyphlops wilsoni, or Wilson's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of American mammalogist Don Ellis Wilson.[4]
Geographic range
L. wilsoni is endemic to Socotra.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Myriopholis wilsoni ". 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 wilsoni, p. 46).
- ↑ "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 wilsoni, p. 287).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Myriopholis wilsoni, new combination).
- Hahn DE (1978). "A Brief Review of the Genus Leptotyphlops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) of Asia, with Description of a New Species". J. Herpetology 12 (4): 477-489. (Leptotyphlops wilsoni, new species).
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