Leptotyphlops nicefori

Leptotyphlops nicefori
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]
  • Leptotyphlops nicefori
    Dunn, 1946
  • Rena nicefori
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma nicefori
    — Pinto et al., 2010
  • Trilepida nicefori
    Hedges, 2011

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. 1 2 "Trilepida nicefori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).
  3. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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).

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