Socotra worm snake

The Socotra worm snake (Xerotyphlops socotranus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2] It is found only on the island of Socotra in Yemen.[3]

Socotra worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Xerotyphlops
Species:
X. socotranus
Binomial name
Xerotyphlops socotranus
(Boulenger, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops socotranus

First description

  • George Albert Boulenger, 1889 : Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 360-363 (read online).

References

  1. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  2. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. Xerotyphlops socotranus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
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