Mocquard's worm snake
Mocquard's worm snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Madatyphlops |
Species: | M. decorsei
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Binomial name | |
Madatyphlops decorsei (Mocquard, 1901)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Mocquard's worm snake (Madatyphlops decorsei) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to Africa.[3]
Etymology[]
The specific name, decorsei, is in honor of French army doctor Gaston-Jules Decorse (1873-1907).[4]
Geographic range[]
It is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
References[]
- ^ Vences, M.; Rakotondravony, H.; Raselimanana, A. (2011). "Madatyphlops decorsei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172900A6938343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172900A6938343.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Madatyphlops decorsei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ 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 decorsei, p. 67).
Further reading[]
- Hedges SB, , , , (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Madatyphlops decorsei, new combination).
- Mocquard F (1901). "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens recueillis par M. Alluad dans le sud de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 7: 251–256. (Typhlops decorsei, new species, p. 255). (in French).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Madatyphlops
- Snakes of Africa
- Reptiles of Madagascar
- Endemic fauna of Madagascar
- Taxa named by François Mocquard
- Reptiles described in 1901
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