Argyrophis klemmeri

Argyrophis klemmeri, also known as Klemmer's blind snake or the Kuala Lumpur worm snake, is a species of Asian snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Argyrophis klemmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Argyrophis
Species:
A. klemmeri
Binomial name
Argyrophis klemmeri
(Taylor, 1962)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops klemmeri
    Taylor, 1962
  • Asiatyphlops klemmeri
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Argyrophis klemmeri
    — Pyron & Wallach, 2014

Geographic range

A. klemmeri is found in western Malaysia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, klemmeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Konrad Klemmer.[5]

Reproduction

A. klemmeri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Grismer L, Richman N, Bohm M (2012). "Typhlops klemmeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192003A2026532. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192003A2026532.en. Downloaded on 10 August 2018.
  2. "Argyrophis klemmeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  4. 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).
  5. 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).


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