Madatyphlops domerguei

Madatyphlops domerguei is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Madatyphlops domerguei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Madatyphlops
Species:
M. domerguei
Binomial name
Madatyphlops domerguei
(Roux-Estève, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops domerguei
    Roux-Estève, 1980
  • Madatyphlops domerguei
    Hedges et al., 2014
  • Lemuriatyphlops domerguei
    Pyron & Wallach, 2014

Etymology

The specific name, domerguei, is in honor of French herpetologist Charles Domergue.[5]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

References

  1. Raxworthy, C.J. & Vences, M. 2010. Typhlops domerguei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178399A7538828. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178399A7538828.en. Downloaded on 16 August 2018.
  2. "Madatyphlops domerguei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  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 domerguei, p. 74).

Further reading

  • Roux-Estève, Rolande (1980). "Une nouvelle espèce de Typhlopidae (Serpentes) du Centre-Est de Madagascar : Typhlops domerguei". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Series 2, 1: 321–323. (in French).


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