Malayotyphlops koekkoeki

Malayotyphlops koekkoeki
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Malayotyphlops
Species:	M. koekkoeki
Binomial name
Malayotyphlops koekkoeki (Brongersma, 1934)
Synonyms [2]
Typhlops koekkoeki Brongersma, 1934 Typhlops koekkoeki — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Malayotyphlops koekkoeki — Hedges et al., 2014

Malayotyphlops koekkoeki, also known commonly as Koekkoek's blind snake or the Boenjoe Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. ^{[3] [4]}

Etymology

The specific name, koekkoeki, is in honor of Dutch scientific illustrator Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944). ^[5]

Geographic range

M. koekkoeki is found on the Indonesian island of Bunyu off the northeastern coast of Borneo. ^[2]

Behavior

M. koekkoeki is terrestrial, fossorial, and nocturnal. ^[1]

Reproduction

M. koekkoeki is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Das, I.; Wallach, V.; Iskandar, D. (2016). "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T192061A104850668. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T192061A104850668.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Species Malayotyphlops koekkoeki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 15, 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 koekkoeki, p. 106).
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 144).

Further reading

• Brongersma LD (1934). "Contributions to Indo-Australian Herpetology". Zoologische Mededelingen17: 161–251. (Typhlops koekkoeki, new species, pp. 186–187 + Figures 13–15 on p. 190).
• Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books.144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-061-1. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 11).
• Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1–61. (Malayotyphlops koekoeki, new combination).
• Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN   978-3931587123. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 433). (in German).