Xenotyphlops grandidieri
Xenotyphlops grandidieri is a species of blind snake endemic to Madagascar. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
| Xenotyphlops grandidieri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Xenotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Xenotyphlops |
| Species: | X. grandidieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenotyphlops grandidieri | |
| Synonyms | |
Taxonomy
In addition to having no subspecies, X. grandidieri is the only species in the genus Xenotyphlops, which is the only genus in the family Xenotyphlopidae. Therefore, X. grandidieri is a monotypic species in a monotypic genus in a monotypic family.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, grandidieri, is in honor of French naturalist Alfred Grandidier.[6]
Geographic range
Xenotyphlops grandidieri is found in northern Madagascar.[4]
For over 100 years X. grandidieri was known only from the type specimens and the vague type locality "Madagascar".[2]
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References
- Glaw F, Rakotondravony H, Raselimanana A, Vences M (2011). "Xenotyphlops grandidieri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172958A6948452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172958A6948452.en.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
- "Xenotyphlops grandidieri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Wegener et al. 2013.
- "Xenotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenotyphlops grandidieri, p. 105).
Further reading
- Mocquard F (1905). "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens offerte au Muséum par M. Maurice de Rothschild ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 11 (5): 285-288. ("Typhlops Grandidieri ", new species, p. 287). (in French).
- Wegener JE, Swoboda S, Hawlitschek O, Franzen M, Wallach V, Vences M, Nagy ZT, Hedges SB, Köhler J, Glaw F (2013). "Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia)". Spixiana 36 (2): 269-282.
- Wallach V, Ineich I (1996). "Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 30 (3): 367-376. (Xenotyphlops, new genus; Xenotyphlops grandidieri, new combination).
External links
- Xenotyphlops grandidieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.
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