Typhlops klemmeri

Typhlops klemmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. klemmeri
Binomial name
Typhlops klemmeri
Taylor, 1962
Synonyms
  • Typhlops klemmeri
    Taylor, 1962
  • Asiatyphlops klemmeri
    Hedges et al., 2014
  • Argyrophis klemmeri
    — Pyron & Wallach, 2014[1]

Typhlops klemmeri is a species of Asian snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]

Geographic range

T. klemmeri is found in western Malaysia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, klemmeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Konrad Klemmer.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Argyrophis klemmeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  3. 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. (Typhlops klemmeri, p. 106).
  4. 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 klemmeri, p. 143).

Further reading


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