Liotyphlops ternetzii

Liotyphlops ternetzii is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[3] The species is endemic to South America.[4]

Liotyphlops ternetzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
Species:
L. ternetzii
Binomial name
Liotyphlops ternetzii
(Boulenger, 1896)
Synonyms[2]
  • Helminthophis ternetzii
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Helminthophis incertus
    Amaral, 1924
  • Helminthophis collenettei
    Parker, 1928
  • Liotyphlops incertus
    — Vanzolini, 1948
  • Liotyphlops ternetzi [sic]
    — H.M. Smith & Grant, 1958
  • Liotyphlops ternetzii
    — Dixon & Kofron, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, ternetzii, is in honor of ichthyologist Carl Ternetz (born 1870).[5]

Geographic range

L. ternetzii is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. ternetzii are grassland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes of 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. ternetzii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Nogueira CC, Williams J, Fitzgerald L, Arzamendia V, Scrocchi G (2019). "Liotyphlops ternetzii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203201A2762069. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203201A2762069.en. Downloaded on 18 August 2020.
  2. Species Liotyphlops ternetzii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  4. "Liotyphlops ternetzii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  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. (Liotyphlops ternetzii, p. 263).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Helminthophis ternetzii, new species, p. 584).
  • Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid [sic] Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241-264.
  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Liotyphlops ternetzii, p. 86).



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