Xerotyphlops wilsoni (WALL, 1908)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Iranian Worm Snake |
Synonym | Typhlops wilsoni WALL 1908: 796 Typhlops wilsoni — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 124 Typhlops wilsoni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 774 Xerotyphlops wilsoni — HEDGES et al. 2014 |
Distribution | SW Iran.
Type locality: “Maidan Mihaftan, 30 miles east of Shustar in southwest Iran”
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: Unlocated. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (974 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Abundance: rare; only known from the lost holotype (McDiarmid et al. 1999, Hedges et al. 2014). |
Etymology | Named after the collector of the type specimens, Lieutenant A.T. Wilson. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- 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 - get paper here
- McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
- Rajabizadeh, M. 2018. Snakes of Iran. [in Farsi] Tehran: Iranshenasi, 496 pp. [2017 ?] - get paper here
- RASTEGAR-POUYANI, NASRULLAH; HAJI GHOLI KAMI, MEHDI RAJABZADEH, SOHEILA SHAFIEI AND STEVEN CLEMENT ANDERSON 2008. Annotated Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 4 (1): 7-30
- Wall,F. 1908. Notes on a collection of snakes from Persia. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 795-805 - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
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