Wilson's blind snake

Wilson's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species:
M. wilsoni
Binomial name
Myriopholis wilsoni
Hahn, 1978
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops wilsoni
    Hahn, 1978
  • Myriopholis wilsoni
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Wilson's blind snake (Myriopholis wilsoni) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to Yemen.

Etymology

The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of American mammalogist Don Ellis Wilson.

Geographic range

M. wilsoni is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of M. wilsoni are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 995 m (3,264 ft).

Reproduction

M. wilsoni is oviparous.

References

  1. 1 2 Sindaco R, Grieco C, Riservato E (2011). "Leptotyphlops wilsoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199746A9125142. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199746A9125142.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Myriopholis wilsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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). (Leptotyphlops wilsoni, p. 46).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ↑ 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 (Leptotyphlops wilsoni, p. 287).

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