Schwartz's worm snake

Schwartz's worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Typhlops
Species: T. schwartzi
Binomial name
Typhlops schwartzi
Thomas, 1989

Schwartz's worm snake (Typhlops schwartzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][4] The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, schwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hedges, B., Landestoy, M. & Inchaustegui, S. 2016. Typhlops schwartzi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75607441A75608264. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607441A75608264.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Typhlops schwartzi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2015.
  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.
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops schwartzi, p. 239).

Further reading

  • Thomas R. 1989. "The relationships of Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) and the description of three new Hispaniolan species. pp. 409–432. In: Woods CA (editor). 1989. Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future. Gainesville, Florida: Sandhill Crane Press. xvii + 878 pp. (Typhlops schwartzi, new species, p. 409).


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