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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| Liotyphlops wilderi syntype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Anomalepididae |
| Genus: | Liotyphlops |
| Species: | L. wilderi
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| Liotyphlops wilderi (Garman, 1883)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, wilderi, is in honor of Burt Green Wilder, who was an American comparative anatomist and naturalist.[4]
Geographic range
editL. wilderi is found in southeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. wilderi are forest and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c d e Liotyphlops wilderi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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
edit- Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241–264.
- Garman S (1883). "On certain Reptiles from Brazil and Florida". Science Observer, Boston 4 (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 Series 1: 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 Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops wilderi, new combination, p. 380. (in Portuguese).