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Madatyphlops domerguei
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Madatyphlops
Species: M. domerguei
Binomial name
Madatyphlops domerguei
(Roux-Estève, 1980)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops domerguei
    Roux-Estève, 1980
  • Madatyphlops domerguei
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Lemuriatyphlops domerguei
    — Pyron & Wallach, 2014
  • Madatyphlops domerguei
    — Nagy et al., 2015

Madatyphlops domerguei is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, domerguei, is in honor of French herpetologist Charles Domergue.

Geographic range

M. domerguei is found in southeastern Madagascar.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. domerguei is forest, at low and medium elevations.

Reproduction

M. domerguei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010). "Madatyphlops domerguei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178399A7538828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178399A7538828.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Madatyphlops domerguei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  5. 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. (Typhlops domerguei, p. 74).

Further reading

  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1–61. (Madatyphlops domerguei, new combination).
  • Pyron RA, Wallach V (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081. (Lemuriatyphlops domerguei, new combination).
  • Roux-Estève R (1980). "Une nouvelle espèce de Typhlopidae (Serpentes) du Centre-Est de Madagascar : Typhlops domerguei". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Series 2, 1: 321–323. (Typhlops domerguei, new species). (in French).


Taxon identifiers
Typhlops domergnei


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