Typhlops koekkoeki
| Typhlops koekkoeki | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. koekkoeki |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops koekkoeki Brongersma, 1934 | |
| Synonyms | |
Typhlops koekkoeki is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, koekkoeki, is in honor of Dutch scientific illustrator Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944).[4]
Geographic range
T. koekkoeki is found on the Indonesian island of Bunyu off the northeastern coast of Borneo.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ↑ 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 koekkoeki, p. 106).
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 144).
Further reading
- Brongersma LD. 1934. "Contributions to Indo-Australian Herpetology". Zoologische Mededeelingen 17: 161-251. (Typhlops koekkoeki, new species, pp. 186-187 + Figures 13-15 on p. 190).
- Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas. "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Malayotyphlops koekoeki, new combination).
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