Leptotyphlops broadleyi
| Leptotyphlops broadleyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Epictinae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. broadleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops broadleyi Wallach & Hahn, 1997 | |
| Synonyms | |
Leptotyphlops broadleyi is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of herpetologist Donald G. Broadley.[4]
Geographic range
L. broadleyi is found in south-central Ivory Coast at altitudes of 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft).[1]
References
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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 broadleyi, p. 39).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Guinea broadleyi, new combination).
- Hedges SB. The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3027: 63-64. (Tricheilostoma broadleyi, new combination).
- Wallach V, Hahn DE. 1997. Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Côte d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). African J. Herp. 46 (2): 103-109.
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