Leptotyphlops bressoni
| Leptotyphlops bressoni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. bressoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops bressoni Taylor, 1939 | |
Leptotyphlops bressoni, or the Michoacán slender blind snake, is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, bressoni, is in honor of Julio Raymond Bresson, who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops bressoni, p. 38).
Further reading
- Taylor EH. 1939. "On North American Snakes of the Genus Leptotyphlops". Copeia 1939 (1): 1-7. (Leptotyphlops bressoni, new species).
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