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 Wallach & Hahn, 1997
  • Guinea broadleyi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma broadleyi Hedges, 2011[1]

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. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).
  3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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).

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