Typhlops conradi
| Typhlops conradi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. conradi |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops conradi W. Peters, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
Typhlops conradi is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, conradi, is in honor of German Captain Paul Conrad (1836 – ca. 1873).[4]
Geographic range
T. conradi is found in Indonesia on the island Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes).[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).
- ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ↑ 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. (Typhlops conradi, p. 57).
Further reading
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Ramphotyphlops conradi, new combination).
- Peters W. 1874. "Über neue Reptilien (Peropus, Agama, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Heterolepis) der herpetologischen Sammlung des Berliner zoologischen Museums ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 159-164 + one plate. (Typhlops conradi, new species, pp. 162-163 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c). (in German).
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