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] | |
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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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