Biology:Iranian worm snake

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Short description: Species of snake

Iranian worm snake
Typhlops wilsoni.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Xerotyphlops
Species:
X. wilsoni
Binomial name
Xerotyphlops wilsoni
(Wall, 1908)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops wilsoni
    Wall, 1908
  • Xerotyphlops wilsoni
    Hedges et al., 2014

The Iranian worm snake (Xerotyphlops wilsoni) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Iran.

Etymology

The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Arnold Talbot Wilson, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.[5]

Reproduction

X. wilsoni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Göran Nilson, Steven Anderson, Theodore Papenfuss, Natalia Ananjeva (2009). "Xerotyphlops wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164698A5918644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164698A5918644.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164698/5918644. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Species Xerotyphlops wilsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634657. 
  4. 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. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  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 wilsoni, p. 287).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). " A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Xerotyphlops wilsoni, new combination).
  • Wall F (1908). "Notes on a collection of Snakes from Persia". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 795–805. (Typhlops wilsoni, new species, p. 796).

Wikidata ☰ Q3012526 entry