Cyclotyphlops

Cyclotyphlops deharvengi, or Deharveng’s blind snake, is a species of blind snake placed in the monotypic genus Cyclotyphlops. It is found in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Cyclotyphlops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Subfamily: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Cyclotyphlops
Bosch & Ineich, 1994
Species:
C. deharvengi
Binomial name
Cyclotyphlops deharvengi
Bosch & Ineich, 1994[2]

Etymology

The specific name, deharvengi, is in honor of Louis Deharveng, who is an entomologist at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.[4]

Geographic range

C. deharvengi is known only from the type locality, which is "Malawa, between Maros and Bone-Watampon, Selatan Province, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, at an elevation of about 500 m" (1,640 ft).[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. deharvengi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Description

The genus Cyclotyphlops differs from all other genera in the subfamily Asiatyphlopinae by the arrangement of the head scales. There is a large central circular head shield, from which smaller scales radiate. C. deharvengi is dark brown dorsally, and brown ventrally. Maximum recorded total length (including tail) is 14.6 cm (5.7 in).[5]

Reproduction

C. deharvengi is oviparous.[5]

References
  1. Gillespie G (2021). "Cyclotyphlops deharvengi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104842540A104854035.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  3. "Cyclotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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. (Cyclotyphlops harvengi, p. 68).
  5. "Cyclotyphlops deharvengi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Bosch HAJ in den, Ineich I (1994). "The Typhlopidae of Sulawesi (Indonesia): A Review with Description of a new Genus and a New Species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 28 (2): 206-217. (Cyclotyphlops, new genus; Cyclotyphlops deharvengi, new species).



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