Liotyphlops wilderi

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Liotyphlops wilderi
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Liotyphlops wilderi syntype
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

L. wilderi is oviparous. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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).

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