Wilson's blind snake

Wilson's blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Myriopholis
Species: M. wilsoni
Binomial name
Myriopholis wilsoni
Hahn, 1978
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptotyphlops wilsoni
    Hahn, 1978
  • Myriopholis wilsoni
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Wilson's blind snake (Myriopholis wilsoni) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of American mammalogist Don Ellis Wilson.[5]

Geographic range

M. wilsoni is endemic to Socotra.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sindaco, R., Grieco, C. & Riservato, E. 2011. Leptotyphlops wilsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199746A9125142. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199746A9125142.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Myriopholis wilsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ↑ 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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