Koshun worm snake

Koshun worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Argyrophis
Species: A. koshunensis
Binomial name
Argyrophis koshunensis
(Oshima, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops koshunensis
  • Asiatyphlops koshunensis

The Koshun worm snake (Argyrophis koshunensis) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][4][5] It is endemic to Taiwan.[1][4][5] Very little is known about this species known only from a small number of historical records; it is considered Data Deficient by IUCN.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Zhou, Z.; Rao, D.-q. & Lau, M. (2012). "Typhlops koshunensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T178722A1543179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178722A1543179.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Typhlops koshunensis Oshima, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  4. 1 2 Argyrophis koshunensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 K. T. Shao. "Typhlops koshunensis Oshima, 1916". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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