Biology:Malayotyphlops koekkoeki
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Malayotyphlops |
| Species: | M. koekkoeki
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| Binomial name | |
| Malayotyphlops koekkoeki (Brongersma, 1934)
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Malayotyphlops koekkoeki, also known commonly as Koekkoek's blind snake or the Boenjoe Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]
Etymology
The specific name, koekkoeki, is in honor of Dutch scientific illustrator Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944).[5]
Geographic range
M. koekkoeki is found on the Indonesian island of Bunyu off the northeastern coast of Borneo.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Das, I.; Wallach, V.; Iskandar, D. (2016). "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T192061A104850668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T192061A104850668.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192061/104850668. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634646. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ↑ 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 koekkoeki, p. 106).
- ↑ 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 koekkoeki, p. 144).
Further reading
- Brongersma LD (1934). "Contributions to Indo-Australian Herpetology". Zoologische Mededeelingen 17: 161–251. (Typhlops koekkoeki, new species, pp. 186–187 + Figures 13–15 on p. 190).
- Hedges, S. Blair; 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. (Malayotyphlops koekoeki, new combination).
Wikidata ☰ Q20745711 entry
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