Leptotyphlops burii

Leptotyphlops burii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. burii
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops burii
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Glauconia burii
    Boulenger, 1905
  • Leptotyphlops burii
    — Corkill & Cochrane, 1965
  • Myriopholis burii
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009[1]

Leptotyphlops burii, commonly known as the Arabian blind snake, is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, burii, is in honor of British naturalist George Wyman Bury (1874-1920).[4]

References

  1. 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 burii, p. 44).

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