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Schmutz's worm snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species: I. schmutzi
Binomial name
Indotyphlops schmutzi
(Auffenberg, 1980)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops schmutzi
    Auffenberg, 1980
  • Indotyphlops schmutzi
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Schmutz's worm snake (Indotyphlops schmutzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, schmutzi, is in honor of Father Erwin Schmutz, who in addition to being a missionary, is also a herpetologist and ornithologist.

Geographic range

I. schmutzi is found in Indonesia on the islands of Flores and Komodo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. schmutzi is forest.

Reproduction

I. schmutzi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea, G. & Reilly, S. (2021). "Indotyphlops schmutzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178325A123635660. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Species Indotyphlops schmutzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops schmutzi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 119).
  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 schmutzi, p. 237).

Further reading

  • Auffenberg W (1980). "The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas". Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci. 25 (2): 39–156. (Typhlops schmutzi, new species, pp. 114–115, Figure 36).
  • de Lang R (2011). The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia: a field-guide to the terrestrial and semi-aquatic snakes with identification key. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 349 pp. ISBN 978-3899734805.
  • 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. (Indotyphlops schmutzi, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Typhlops schmutzi


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