McDowell's blind snake
| McDowell's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Gerrhopilus |
| Species: | G. mcdowelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhopilus mcdowelli (Wallach, 1996) | |
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McDowell's blind snake (Gerrhopilus mcdowelli) is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae.
Etymology
The specific name, mcdowelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Samuel Booker McDowell Jr.
Geographic range
Gerrhopilus mcdowelli is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Gerrhopilus mcdowelli is forest, at altitudes of 50–600 m (160–1,970 ft).
Behavior
Gerrhopilus mcdowelli is terrestrial and fossorial.
Diet
Gerrhopilus mcdowelli preys upon larvae and adults of ants and termites.
Reproduction
Gerrhopilus mcdowelli is oviparous.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Tallowin, O.; Allison, A. (2015). "Gerrhopilus mcdowelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T178354A21650275. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178354A21650275.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Species Gerrhopilus mcdowelli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 mcdowelli, p. 173).
Further reading
- Crumly, Charles R. (2015). "Samuel Booker McDowell, Jr. (13 September 1928–31 December 2014), The Most Important Herpetologist You Never Knew". Herpetological Review. 46 (3): 489–493.
- Vidal, Nicolas; Marin, Julie; Morini, Marina; Donnellan, Steve; Branch, William R.; Thomas, Richard; Vences, Miguel; Wynn, Addison; Cruaud, Corinne; Hedges, S. Blair (2010). "Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana". Biology Letters 6: 558–561. (Gerrhopilus mcdowelli, new combination, p. 560).
- Wallach V (1996). "Two New Blind Snakes of the Typhlops ater Group from Papua New Guinea". Russian Journal of Herpetology 3 (2): 107–118. (Typhlops mcdowelli, new species).