Liotyphlops wilderi

Liotyphlops wilderi
syntype
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Anomalepididae
Genus:	Liotyphlops
Species:	L. wilderi
Binomial name
Liotyphlops wilderi (Garman, 1883)
Synonyms [2]
Typhlops wilderiGarman, 1883 Helminthophis guentheri Boulenger, 1889 Helminthophis wilderi Hammar, 1908 Liotyphlops wilderi Vanzolini, 1948

Liotyphlops wilderi, also known as Wilder's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The species is endemic to Brazil. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, wilderi, is in honor of Burt Green Wilder, who was an American comparative anatomist and naturalist. ^[4]

Distribution and habitat

L. wilderi is found in southeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. ^{[1] [2]}

The preferred natural habitats of L. wilderi are forest and savanna. ^[1]

Reproduction

L. wilderi is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; 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. (2020). "Liotyphlops wilderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T203203A2762083. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T203203A2762083.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Liotyphlops wilderi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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).
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 wilderi, p. 285).

Further reading

• Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia4 (2): 241–264.
• Garman S (1883). "On certain Reptiles from Brazil and Florida". Science Observer, Boston4 (5/6): 47–48. (Typhlops wilderi, new species, p. 48).
• Hammar AG (1908). "Note on the Type Specimen of a Blind Snake Helminthophis wilderi (Garman), from Brazil". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series1: 334–335. (Helminthophis wilderi, new combination, pp. 334–335, Figures a-c).
• Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sóbre os ofídios e lagartos da cachoeira de ema, no município de Pirassununga, estado de São Paulo ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops wilderi, new combination, p. 380. (in Portuguese).