Typhlops klemmeri

Typhlops klemmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Scolecophidia
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Typhlops
Species:	T. klemmeri
Binomial name
Typhlops klemmeri Taylor, 1962
Synonyms
Typhlops klemmeri Taylor, 1962 Asiatyphlops klemmeri — Hedges et al., 2014 Argyrophis klemmeri — Pyron & Wallach, 2014[1]

Typhlops klemmeri is a species of Asian snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[2][3]

Geographic range

T. klemmeri is found in western Malaysia.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, klemmeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Konrad Klemmer.^[4]

References

1. "Argyrophis klemmeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 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. (Typhlops klemmeri, p. 106).
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops klemmeri, p. 143).

Further reading

• Taylor, Edward H. 1962. "New Oriental Reptiles". Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209-263. (Typhlops klemmeri, new species, pp. 253-254).

• Hedges, Stephen B.; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas. 2014. "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Asiatyphlops klemmeri, new combination).

• Pyron, Robert Alexander; Wallach, Van. 2014. "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001-081. (Argyrophis klemmeri, new combination).