Typhlops gierrai

Typhlops gierrai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. gierrai
Binomial name
Typhlops gierrai
Mocquard, 1897
Synonyms
  • Typhlops gierrai
    Mocquard, 1897
  • Typhlops punctatus gierrai
    Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Rhinotyphlops gierrai
    Broadley & Wallach, 2000
  • Afrotyphlops gierrai
    — Broadley & Wallach, 2009[1]

Typhlops gierrai is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, gierrai, is in honor of Mr. A. Gierra, an expert in the languages of North Africa and East Africa, who collected the type specimen.[4]

Geographic range

T. gierrai is endemic to Tanzania, where it is found in the Ukaguru Mountains, the Ulaguru Mountains, and the Usambara Mountains.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Afrotyphlops gierrai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
  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 gierrai, p. 100).

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