Marx's worm snake

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

Marx's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Ramphotyphlops marxi at The Reptile Database
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  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.
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