Leptotyphlops koppesi

Leptotyphlops koppesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. koppesi
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops koppesi
Amaral, 1955
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops koppesi
    Amaral, 1955
  • Tricheilostoma koppesi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Trilepida koppesi
    Hedges, 2011[1]

Leptotyphlops koppesi, commonly known as Amaral's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, koppesi, is in honor of S.J. Koppes, who collected the holotype in 1934.[4]

Geographic range

L. koppesi is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Distrito Federal and in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Goiás, and Mato Grosso.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Trilepida koppesi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  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. (Leptotyphlops koppesi, p. 145).

Further reading


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