Liotyphlops schubarti

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Liotyphlops schubarti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Anomalepididae
Genus: Liotyphlops
Species:
L. schubarti
Binomial name
Liotyphlops schubarti
Vanzolini, 1948

Liotyphlops schubarti is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae. [2] The species is endemic to Brazil. [3]

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Etymology

The specific name, schubarti, is in honor of German-born Brazilian zoologist Otto Schubart. [4]

Geographic range

L. schubarti is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. [5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. schubarti is forest. [1]

Reproduction

L. schubarti is oviparous. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Costa, G.C.; Colli, G.R.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B.; Pereira, D. (2020). "Liotyphlops schubarti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T176261A96474600. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T176261A96474600.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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). (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 51).
  3. "Liotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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. (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 238).
  5. 1 2 Species Liotyphlops schubarti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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