Waray dwarf burrowing snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Cyclocoridae |
Genus: | Levitonius Weinell, Paluh, Siler & Brown, 2020 [2] |
Species: | L. mirus |
Binomial name | |
Levitonius mirus Weinell, Paluh, Siler & Brown, 2020 [2] | |
Levitonius is a genus of cyclocorid snakes endemic to the Philippines. The only species in the genus is the Waray dwarf burrowing snake (Levitonius mirus). [2] [3] It is native to the Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines, where it lives among 112 other land and snake species.
Levitonus is smaller than the other Cyclocoridae, reaching only a length of 172 millimetres (6.8 in). [2] In addition, it has the smallest number of vertebrae of any snake, which is possibly related to its size. [3] Its primary diet is earthworms. [4]
Specimens of this genus had been collected in 2006 and 2007, and later again in 2014, but were misidentified. [3] In 2018 a specimen of the genus was described as "Unnamed Leyte-Samar lineage". It is thought to be the most basal member of the family Cyclocoridae. [2] [5]
The genus is named after herpetologist Alan E. Leviton. [2] [3]
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