Leptotyphlops nicefori
Leptotyphlops nicefori | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
Species: | L. nicefori |
Binomial name | |
Leptotyphlops nicefori Dunn, 1946 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Leptotyphlops nicefori, or the Santander blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, nicefori, is in honor of missionary Brother Nicéforo María (1888–1980), born Antoine Rouhaire in France, who established a natural history museum in Medellin, Colombia.[4]
Geographic range
L. nicefori is known only from Santander Department, Colombia.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Trilepida nicefori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops nicefori, p. 190).
Further reading
- Dunn ER (1946). "A New Snake from the Eastern Andes of Colombia". Caldasia 4 (17): 121-122. (Leptotyphlops nicefori, new species).
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