Typhlops decorsei

Typhlops decorsei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. decorsei
Binomial name
Typhlops decorsei
Mocquard, 1901
Synonyms
  • Typhlops decorsei Mocquard, 1901
  • Madatyphlops decorsei Hedges et al., 2014 [1]

Typhlops decorsei is a species of African typhlopid snake.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, decorsei, is in honor of French army doctor Gaston-Jules Decorse (1873-1907).[3]

Geographic range

T. decorsei is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Madatyphlops decorsei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  3. 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 decorsei, p. 67).

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