Liotyphlops ternetzii

Liotyphlops ternetzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Anomalepididae
Genus:Liotyphlops
Species: L. ternetzii
Binomial name
Liotyphlops ternetzii
(Boulenger, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helminthophis ternetzii
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Helminthophis incertus
    Amaral, 1924
  • Helminthophis collenettei
    Parker, 1928
  • Liotyphlops incertus
    — Vanzolini, 1948
  • Liotyphlops ternetzi [sic]
    — H.M. Smith & Grant, 1958
  • Liotyphlops ternetzii
    — Dixon & Kofron, 1983

Liotyphlops ternetzii is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[2] The species is endemic to South America.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, ternetzii, is in honor of ichthyologist Carl Ternetz (born 1870).[4]

Geographic range

L. ternetzii is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Liotyphlops ternetzii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "Liotyphlops ternetzii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ↑ 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 ternetzii, p. 263).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Helminthophis ternetzii, new species, p. 584).
  • Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid [sic] Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241-264.
  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Liotyphlops ternetzii, p. 86).


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