Liotyphlops schubarti

Liotyphlops schubarti is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.[3]

Liotyphlops schubarti

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
Species:
L. schubarti
Binomial name
Liotyphlops schubarti
Vanzolini, 1948

Etymology

The specific name, schubarti, is in honor of German-born Brazilian zoologist Otto Schubart.[4]

Geographic range

L. schubarti is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. schubarti is forest.[1]

Reproduction

L. schubarti is oviparous.[5]

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References
  1. Wallach V (2010). "Liotyphlops schubarti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176261A7207014. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176261A7207014.en. Downloaded on 11 March 2020.
  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). (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 51).
  3. "Liotyphlops". 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. (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 238).
  5. Species Liotyphlops schubarti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241-264.
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 86).
  • Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sobre os ofídios e lagartos de Cachoeira de Emas, no município de Pirassununga, Estado São Paulo ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops schubarti, new species, p. 379). (in Portuguese).



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