Typhlops schwartzi

Typhlops schwartzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. schwartzi
Binomial name
Typhlops schwartzi
Thomas, 1989

Typhlops schwartzi, commonly known as Schwartz' worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2][3] The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, schwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Typhlops schwartzi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2015.
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 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, 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 schwartzi, p. 239).

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