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Kei Island worm snake
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: Malayotyphlops
Species: M. kraalii
Binomial name
Malayotyphlops kraalii
(Doria, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops kraalii
    Doria, 1874
  • Malayotyphlops kraalii
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The Kei Island worm snake (Malayotyphlops kraalii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.

Etymology

The specific name, kraalii, is in honor of Captain P.F. Kraal of the Dutch military in the Moluccas, who assisted the Italian expedition on which the holotype was collected.

Geographic range

M. kraalii is found in the Kai Islands of Indonesia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. kraalii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 700 m (2,300 ft), but it has also been found in artificial habitats such as gardens and plantations.

Behavior

M. kraalii is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

M. kraalii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea G, Iskandar D (2021). "Malayotyphlops kraalii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104851060A104854045.en. Accessed on 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ Species Malayotyphlops kraalii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  4. 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.
  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 kraali ", p. 146).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Typhlops kraalii, p. 30).
  • Doria G (1874). "Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina, alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872–73 ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 6: 325–357 + Plates XI–XII. (Typhlops kraalii, new species, p. 347 + Plate XII, figure f, 5 views). (in Italian).
  • 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. (Malayotyphlops kraalii, new combination).
  • de Rooij N (1917). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 334 pp., 117 figures. (Typhlops kraalii, p. 4).


Taxon identifiers
Typhlops kraali


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