Typhlops granti
| Typhlops granti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. granti |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops granti Ruthven & Gaige, 1935 | |
| Synonyms | |
Typhlops granti, known commonly as Grant's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Puerto Rico.
Etymology
The specific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.[4]
Geographic range
T. granti is found in southwestern Puerto Rico, including Caja de Muertos, an island 8 miles (13 km) offshore from Ponce.[5]
References
- ↑ "Typhlops granti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops granti, p. 106).
- ↑ Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 214 pp. (Typhlops granti, p. 197).
Further reading
- Ruthven AG, Gaige HT. 1935. Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands. Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 307: 1-12.
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