Liotyphlops schubarti

Liotyphlops schubarti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Anomalepididae
Genus:Liotyphlops
Species: L. schubarti
Binomial name
Liotyphlops schubarti
Vanzolini, 1948

Liotyphlops schubarti is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[1] The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, schubarti, is in honor of German-born Brazilian zoologist Otto Schubart.[3]

References

  1. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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). (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 51).
  2. ↑ "Liotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. ↑ 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. (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 238).

Further reading

  • Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sobre os ofídios e lagartos de Cachoeira de Emas, no município de Pirassununga, Estado São Paulo ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro 8: 377-400. (Liotyphlops schubarti, new species, p. 379). (in Portuguese).


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