Christmas Island blind snake
Christmas Island blind snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
Species: | R. exocoeti
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Binomial name | |
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Boulenger, 1887)
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Synonyms[2] | |
The Christmas Island blind snake (Ramphotyphlops exocoeti) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Christmas Island. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, exocoeti, which means "flying fish", is in honor of the officers of HMS Flying Fish, who collected the holotype.[4]
Geographic range
It is found on Christmas Island (Australia). The type locality given is "Christmas Island, Indian Ocean".[2]
Conservation status
The species R. exocoeti is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List with the following criteria: D2 (v2.3, 1994).[1] This means that it is not Critically Endangered, but is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future. This is because the population is very small and characterized by an acute restriction in its area of occupancy. It is therefore prone to the effects of human activities (or stochastic events, the impact of which is increased by human activities) within a very short period of time in an unforeseeable future. Therefore, it is possible that this species may become Critically Endangered or even Extinct within a very short period of time.
See also
References
- ^ a b Cogger, H.; Mitchell, N.M.; Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Ellis, R. (2017). "Ramphotyphlops exocoeti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19107A83771020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T19107A83771020.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ "Ramphotyphlops exocoeti ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- ^ 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 exocoeti, p. 87).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). "III. Reptiles". pp. 516–517. In: Günther A (1887). "Report on a Zoological Collection made by the Officers of H.M.S. 'Flying Fish' at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 507-526 + Plates XLI-XLIV. (Typhlops exocœti, new species, p. 517).
External links
- Ramphotyphlops exocoeti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 August 2007.Error: "Q3014670" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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