Liotyphlops wilderi

Liotyphlops wilderi
Liotyphlops wilderi syntype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
Species:
L. wilderi
Binomial name
Liotyphlops wilderi
(Garman, 1883)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops wilderi Garman, 1883
  • Helminthophis guentheri Boulenger, 1889
  • Helminthophis wilderi Hammar, 1908
  • Liotyphlops wilderi Vanzolini, 1948

Liotyphlops wilderi, also known as Wilder's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[1][2][3] The species is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, wilderi, is in honor of Burt Green Wilder, who was an American comparative anatomist and naturalist.[4]

Geographic range

L. wilderi is found in southeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. wilderi are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

L. wilderi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2020). "Liotyphlops wilderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T203203A2762083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T203203A2762083.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Liotyphlops wilderi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
  4. ^ 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. (Liotyphlops wilderi, p. 285).

Further reading

  • Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241–264.
  • Garman S (1883). "On certain Reptiles from Brazil and Florida". Science Observer, Boston 4 (5/6): 47–48. (Typhlops wilderi, new species, p. 48).
  • Hammar AG (1908). "Note on the Type Specimen of a Blind Snake Helminthophis wilderi (Garman), from Brazil". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 1: 334–335. (Helminthophis wilderi, new combination, pp. 334–335, Figures a-c).
  • Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sóbre os ofídios e lagartos da cachoeira de ema, no município de Pirassununga, estado de São Paulo ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops wilderi, new combination, p. 380. (in Portuguese).