Xenotyphlops grandidieri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Xenotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Xenotyphlops |
| Species: | X. grandidieri
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| Xenotyphlops grandidieri | |
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Xenotyphlops grandidieri is a species of blind snake in the family Xenotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[5]
Taxonomy[edit]
In addition to having no subspecies, X. grandidieri is the only species in the genus Xenotyphlops, which is the only genus in the family Xenotyphlopidae. Therefore, X. grandidieri is a monotypic species in a monotypic genus in a monotypic family.[4]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, grandidieri, is in honor of French naturalist Alfred Grandidier.[6]
Geographic range[edit]
X. grandidieri is found in northern Madagascar.[4]
For over 100 years X. grandidieri was known only from the type specimens and the vague type locality "Madagascar".[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of X. grandidieri is shrubland or forest on sand dunes or with sandy soil, at altitudes from sea level to 50 m (160 ft).[1]
Reproduction[edit]
X. grandidieri is oviparous.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Vences, M.; Raselimanana, A.; Rakotondravony, H.; Glaw, F. (2011). "Xenotyphlops grandidieri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172958A6948452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172958A6948452.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ a b Species Xenotyphlops grandidieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c Wegener et al. (2013).
- ^ "Xenotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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. (Xenotyphlops grandidieri, p. 105).
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
- Mocquard F (1905). "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens offerte au Muséum par M. Maurice de Rothschild ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 11 (5): 285–288. ("Typhlops Grandidieri ", new species, p. 287). (in French).
- Wegener JE, Swoboda S, Hawlitschek O, Franzen M, Wallach V, Vences M, Nagy ZT, Hedges SB, Köhler J, Glaw F (2013). "Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia)". Spixiana 36 (2): 269–282.
- Wallach V, Ineich I (1996). "Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 30 (3): 367–376. (Xenotyphlops, new genus; Xenotyphlops grandidieri, new combination).