Gierra's blind snake

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Gierra's blind snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. gierrai
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops gierrai
Mocquard, 1897
Synonyms [2]
  • Typhlops gierrai
    Mocquard, 1897
  • Typhlops punctatus gierrai
    Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Typhlops gierrai
    Laurent, 1964
  • Rhinotyphlops gierrai
    Broadley & Wallach, 2000
  • Afrotyphlops gierrai
    — Broadley & Wallach, 2009

Gierra's blind snake (Afrotyphlops gierrai), also commonly called the Usambara spotted blind snake and the Usambara spotted worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Tanzania.

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Etymology

The specific name, gierrai, is in honor of Mr. A. Gierra, an expert in the languages of North Africa and East Africa, who collected the type specimen. [5]

Geographic range

A. gierrai is found in the Ukaguru Mountains, the Ulaguru Mountains, and the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gierrai is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,042 m (1,969–3,419 ft). [1]

Reproduction

A. gierrai is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Howell K, Beraducci J, Menegon M, Ngalason W, Spawls S (2021). "Afrotyphlops gierrai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T178405A46181636. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Species Afrotyphlops gierrai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. 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. (Typhlops gierrai, p. 103).
  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. (Typhlops gierrai, p. 100).

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