Mocquard's worm snake

Mocquard's worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Madatyphlops
Species: M. decorsei
Binomial name
Madatyphlops decorsei
(Mocquard, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops decorsei
    Mocquard, 1901
  • Madatyphlops decorsei
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Mocquard's worm snake (Madatyphlops decorsei) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to Africa.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, decorsei, is in honor of French army doctor Gaston-Jules Decorse (1873-1907).[4]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Vences, M., Rakotondravony, H. & Raselimanana, A. 2011. Typhlops decorsei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172900A6938343. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172900A6938343.en. Downloaded on 16 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Madatyphlops decorsei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  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. (Typhlops decorsei, p. 67).

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. (Madatyphlops decorsei, new combination).
  • Mocquard F (1901). "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens recueillis par M. Alluad dans le sud de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 7: 251-256. (Typhlops decorsei, new species, p. 255). (in French).


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