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Richard's worm snake

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Richard's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Antillotyphlops
Species:
A. richardi
Binomial name
Antillotyphlops richardi
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops richardii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Typhlops richardii
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Antillotyphlops richardi
    Hedges et al., 2014

Richard's worm snake (Antillotyphlops richardi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

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The specific name, richardi, is in honor of either of two French Botanists, Louis Claude Marie Richard or his son Achille Richard.[5]

Geographic range

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It is endemic to the Caribbean, where it is found on Anegada in the British Virgin Islands, on the Turks and Caicos Islands, and on the United States Virgin Islands.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Platenberg, R. (2016). "Typhlops richardii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T75607416A75608249. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607416A75608249.en. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Antillotyphlops richardi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (Typhlops richardii, p. 117).
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops richardii, p. 220).

Further reading

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  • Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G (1844). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome sixième [Volume 6]. Paris: Roret. xii + 609 pp. (Typhlops richardii, new species, pp. 290–293). (in French).
  • 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. (Antillotyphlops richardi, new combination).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Typhlops richardi, p. 199).