Biology:Schwartz's worm snake
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Short description: Species of snake
| Schwartz's worm 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: | Typhlops |
| Species: | T. schwartzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlops schwartzi Thomas, 1989
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Schwartz's worm snake (Typhlops schwartzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][4] The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, schwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz.[5]
References
- ↑ Hedges, B.; Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Typhlops schwartzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75607441A75608264. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607441A75608264.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/75607441/75608264. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Typhlops schwartzi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2015.
- ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634657. Retrieved August 16, 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.
- ↑ 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 schwartzi, p. 239).
Further reading
- Thomas R. 1989. "The relationships of Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) and the description of three new Hispaniolan species. pp. 409–432. In: Woods CA (editor). 1989. Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future. Gainesville, Florida: Sandhill Crane Press. xvii + 878 pp. (Typhlops schwartzi, new species, p. 409).
Wikidata ☰ Q3022447 entry
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