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Iranian 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: Xerotyphlops
Species: X. wilsoni
Binomial name
Xerotyphlops wilsoni
(Wall, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops wilsoni
    Wall, 1908
  • Xerotyphlops wilsoni
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The Iranian worm snake (Xerotyphlops wilsoni) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Iran.

Etymology

The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Arnold Talbot Wilson, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.

Reproduction

X. wilsoni is oviparous.

References

  1. Göran Nilson, Steven Anderson, Theodore Papenfuss, Natalia Ananjeva (2009). "Xerotyphlops wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164698A5918644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164698A5918644.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Species Xerotyphlops wilsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  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 wilsoni, p. 287).

Further reading

  • 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. (Xerotyphlops wilsoni, new combination).
  • Wall F (1908). "Notes on a collection of Snakes from Persia". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 795–805. (Typhlops wilsoni, new species, p. 796).
Taxon identifiers
Typhlops wilsoni


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