Leptotyphlops munoai

Leptotyphlops munoai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. munoai
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops munoai
Orejas-Miranda, 1961
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptotyphlops munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961
  • Epictia munoai
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Leptotyphlops munoai is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae .[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, munoai, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925–1960).[4]

Geographic range

L. munoai is found in northern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Epictia munoai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 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 munoai, p. 185).

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