Reuter's blind snake (Madatyphlops reuteri), also known commonly as Reuter's worm snake,[3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[4][5]
| Reuter's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Madatyphlops |
| Species: | M. reuteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Madatyphlops reuteri (Boettger, 1881)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, reuteri, is in honor of "C. Reuter" who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range edit
M. reuteri is endemic to the Madagascan island Nosy Be.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010). "Madatyphlops reuteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178494A7558359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178494A7558359.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Madatyphlops reuteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b 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 reuteri, p. 220).
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ 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.
Further reading edit
- Boettger, O[skar] (1881). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum Novorum insulae Nossi-Bé Madagascariensis ". Zoologische Anzeiger 4: 650–651. (Typhlops reuteri, new species, p. 650). (in Latin).
- Nagy, Zoltán; Marion, Angela B.; Glaw, Frank; Miralles, Aurélien; Nopper, Joachim; Vences, Miguel; Hedges, S. Blair (2015). "Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". Zootaxa 4040 (1): 31–47.