| Marx's worm snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. marxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops marxi (Wallach, 1993) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Etymology
The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx.[5]
Geographic range
R. marxi is known only from Samar island in the central Philippines.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Gonzalez, J.C.; Diesmos, A. (2009). "Ramphotyphlops marxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169830A6679687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169830A6679687.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Species Ramphotyphlops marxi at The Reptile Database
- ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ↑ 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. (Ramphotyphlops marxi, p. 170).
Further reading
- Wallach V (1993). "A New Species of Blind Snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Raffles Bull. Zool. 41 (2): 263–278.
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