Leptotyphlops koppesi
| Leptotyphlops koppesi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. koppesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1955 | |
| Synonyms | |
Leptotyphlops koppesi, commonly known as Amaral's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, koppesi, is in honor of S.J. Koppes, who collected the holotype in 1934.[4]
Geographic range
L. koppesi is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Distrito Federal and in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Goiás, and Mato Grosso.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Trilepida koppesi ". 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 koppesi, p. 145).
Further reading
- Amaral A. 1955. Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios neotrópicos: 14. Descrição de duas espécies de "cobra-cega" (fam. Leptotyphlopidae). [= Contribution to the knowledge of the neotropical snakes: 14. Description of two species of "blindsnake" (family Leptotyphlopidae)]. Memórias do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 26: 203-205. (Leptotyphlops koppesi, new species). (in Portuguese).
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