McDowell's blind snake

McDowell's blind snake (Gerrhopilus mcdowelli) is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae.[3][4]

McDowell's blind snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. mcdowelli
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus mcdowelli
(Wallach, 1996)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops mcdowelli
    Wallach, 1996
  • Gerrhopilus mcdowelli
    Vidal et al., 2010

Etymology

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The specific name, mcdowelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Samuel Booker McDowell Jr..[5]

Geographic range

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G. mcdowelli is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]

Reproduction

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G. mcdowelli is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tallowin, O.; Allison, A. (2015). "Gerrhopilus mcdowelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T178354A21650275. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178354A21650275.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Species Gerrhopilus mcdowelli at 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.
  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 mcdowelli, p. 173).

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