Typhlops wilsoni
| Typhlops wilsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops wilsoni Wall, 1908 | |
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Typhlops wilsoni, the Iranian worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Iran.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Arnold Talbot Wilson, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.[5]
References
- ↑ "Xerotyphlops wilsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (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).
- ↑ Typhlops wilsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ↑ 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. (Typhlops wilsoni, p. 287).
Further reading
- 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 Hepetology (49): 1-61. (Xerotyphlops wilsoni, new combination).
- Wall F (1908). "Notes on a collection of Snakes from Persia". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 795-805. (Typhlops wilsoni, new species, p. 796).
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