Xerotyphlops syriacus (JAN, 1864)
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Xerotyphlops syriacus?
Xerotyphlops syriacus
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| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Syrian Blind Snake, Levantine Blindsnake G: Syrisches Blödauge, Levante-Wurmschlange |
| Synonym | Typhlops syriacus JAN in JAN & SORDELLI 1864 Typhops vermicularis — BOULENGER 1893: 21 (part) Typhlops syriacus — MÜLLER 1880 Xerotyphlops syriacus — KORNILIOS et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | S Syria, N Israel, S Lebanon, NW Jordan Type locality: 25 km W of Beirut ? [Lebanon] |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Iconotype: Jan (1864), reproduced in Kornilios et al. 2020; original holotype lost fide Kornilios et al. 2020. |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Kornilios et al. 2020 revalidated X. syriacus but did not provide a diagnosis for the (two) species. Distribution: See Kornilios et al 2020 for a map of X. vermicularis and what they call X. syriacus (map is confusing, without proper labels and a wrong reference to Figure 2, called Figure 1). See Bar et al. 2021 for a map. Note that the type locality, “25 km W of Beirut” is impossible, as Beirut is by the Mediterranean and everything west of Beirut is in the ocean. Diet: ants and other invertebrates |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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