Biology:Marx's worm snake

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Marx's worm snake
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species:
R. marxi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops marxi
(Wallach, 1993)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops marxi
    Wallach, 1993
  • Ramphotyphlops marxi
    — Wallach et al., 2007

Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to the Philippines .

Etymology

The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx.[5]

Geographic range

R. marxi is known only from Samar island in the central Philippines.[2]

Reproduction

R. marxi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Gonzalez, J.C.; Diesmos, A. (2009). "Ramphotyphlops marxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169830A6679687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169830A6679687.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169830/6679687. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Ramphotyphlops marxi at The Reptile Database
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634661. 
  4. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
  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. (Ramphotyphlops marxi, p. 170).

Further reading

  • Wallach V (1993). "A New Species of Blind Snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Raffles Bull. Zool. 41 (2): 263–278.

Wikidata ☰ Q3022939 entry