Degerbol's blind snake

Degerbol's blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Siagonodon
Species: S. borrichianus
Binomial name
Siagonodon borrichianus
(Degerbøl, 1923)
Synonyms[2]
  • Glauconia borrichiana
    Degerbøl, 1923
  • Leptotyphlops borrichianus
    — Amaral, 1929
  • Siagonodon borrichianus
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Degerbøl's blind snake (Siagonodon borrichianus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, borrichianus, is in honor of Danish scientist Ole Borch.[2]

Geographic range

It is found in western Argentina.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Arzamendia, V., Fitzgerald, L., Giraudo, A., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Scrocchi, G. & Williams, J. 2016. Siagonodon borrichianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T56050411A56050425. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56050411A56050425.en. Downloaded on 27 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Siagonodon borrichianus ". 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).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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. (Siagonodon borrichianus, new combination).
  • Degerbøl, Magnus (1923). "Description of a new Snake of the Genus Glauconia, from Mendoza". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Københaven 76: 113-114. (Glauconia borrichiana, new species).
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