Conrad's worm snake

Conrad's worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Ramphotyphlops
Species: R. conradi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops conradi
(W. Peters, 1875)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops conradi
    W. Peters, 1875
  • Ramphotyphlops conradi
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Conrad's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops conradi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, conradi, is in honor of German Captain Paul Conrad (1836 – ca. 1873).[5]

Geographic range

It is found in Indonesia on the island Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes).[2]

Description

Dorsally, it is uniform brown; ventrally it is lighter brown. The head and the tip of the tail are white. There are 18 scales around the body at midbody. The holotype measures 17.5 cm (6.9 inches) in total length (including tail).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Richman, N. & Böhm, M. 2010. Typhlops conradi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178699A7598428. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178699A7598428.en. Downloaded on 18 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ramphotyphlops conradi ". 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. ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  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. (Typhlops conradi, p. 57).
  6. ↑ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops conradi, pp. 33-34).

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 Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Ramphotyphlops conradi, new combination).
  • Peters W (1874). "Über neue Reptilien (Peropus, Agama, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Heterolepis) der herpetologischen Sammlung des Berliner zoologischen Museums ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 159-164 + one plate. (Typhlops conradi, new species, pp. 162–163 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c). (in German).
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