Schmutz's worm snake

Schmutz's worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Indotyphlops
Species: I. schmutzi
Binomial name
Indotyphlops schmutzi
(Auffenberg, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops schmutzi
    Auffenberg, 1980
  • Indotyphlops schmutzi
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Schmutz's worm snake (Indotyphlops schmutzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, schmutzi, is in honor of Father Erwin Schmutz, who in addition to being a missionary, is also a herpetologist and ornithologist.[5]

Geographic range

It is found in Indonesia on the islands of Flores and Komodo.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Vogel G (2011). "Typhlops schmutzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T178325A7523370. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178325A7523370.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Indotyphlops schmutzi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (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). (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 119).
  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 schmutzi, p. 237).

Further reading

  • Auffenberg, Walter (1980). "The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas". Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci. 25 (2): 39-156. (Typhlops schmutzi, new species, pp. 114–115, Figure 36).
  • 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. (Indotyphlops schmutzi, new combination).
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