Malayotyphlops koekkoeki
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Malayotyphlops koekkoeki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Malayotyphlops |
Species: | M. koekkoeki
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Binomial name | |
Malayotyphlops koekkoeki (Brongersma, 1934)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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]
Reproduction
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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 Mededeelingen 17: 161–251. (Typhlops koekkoeki, new species, pp. 186–187 + Figures 13–15 on p. 190).
- 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).Error: "Q20745711" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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