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
    W. Peters, 1874
  • Ramphotyphlops conradi Hedges et al., 2014[1]

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. 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. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  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. (Typhlops conradi, p. 57).

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