Reuter's blind snake

Reuter's blind snake (Madatyphlops reuteri), also known commonly as Reuter's worm snake,[3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[4][5]

Reuter's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Madatyphlops
Species:
M. reuteri
Binomial name
Madatyphlops reuteri
(Boettger, 1881)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops reuteri
    Boettger, 1881
  • Typhlops lenzi
    Boettger, 1882
  • Madatyphlops reuteri
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Lemuriatyphlops reuteri
    — Pyron & Wallach, 2014
  • Madatyphlops reuteri
    — Nagy et al., 2015

Etymology

The specific name, reuteri, is in honor of "C. Reuter" who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

M. reuteri is endemic to the Madagascan island Nosy Be.[2]

Reproduction

M. reuteri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010). "Madatyphlops reuteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178494A7558359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178494A7558359.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Madatyphlops reuteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 reuteri, p. 220).
  4. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  5. 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.

Further reading
  • Boettger, O[skar] (1881). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum Novorum insulae Nossi-Bé Madagascariensis ". Zoologische Anzeiger 4: 650–651. (Typhlops reuteri, new species, p. 650). (in Latin).
  • Nagy, Zoltán; Marion, Angela B.; Glaw, Frank; Miralles, Aurélien; Nopper, Joachim; Vences, Miguel; Hedges, S. Blair (2015). "Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". Zootaxa 4040 (1): 31–47.


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