Marx's worm snake
| Marx's worm snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. marxi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops marxi (Wallach, 1993)
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Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx.[2][3]
Description
Ramphotyphlops marxi has 30 rows of scales around the body at midbody. Its snout has a horizontal transverse edge.[2]
Geographic distribution and habitat
Ramphotyphlops marxi is known only from the holotype, collected from Samar island in the central Philippines in 1957.[1][2] It presumably originated from a forested habitat.[1]
Reproduction
Ramphotyphlops marxi is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Kim, P. (2022). "Ramphotyphlops marxi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169830A186015016. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Ramphotyphlops marxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 June 2024.
- ^ 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. (Ramphotyphlops marxi, p. 170).
Further reading
- Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology. 49: 1–61.
- Wallach V (1993). "A new species of blind snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41 (2): 263–278.
- Wallach, V.; Brown, R.M.; Diesmos, A.C.; Gee, G.V.A. (2007). "An Enigmatic New Species of Blind Snake from Luzon Island, Northern Philippines, with A Synopsis of the Genus Acutotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology. 41 (4): 690–702. (Ramphotyphlops marxi, new combination).
- Weinell, J.L.; Hooper, E.; Leviton, A.E.; Brown, R.M. (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series Four. 66 (1): 149.