Liotyphlops argaleus DIXON & KOFRON, 1984
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Higher Taxa | Anomalepididae, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Liotyphlops argaleus DIXON & KOFRON 1984: 261 Liotyphlops argaleus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 51 Liotyphlops argaleus — FREIRE et al. 2007 Liotyphlops argaleus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 397 |
Distribution | Colombia (Cundinamarca)
Type locality: “La Selva, Cundinamarca, Colombia”.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 66383 |
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Etymology | Named after the Greek word “argaleos”, meaning troublesome, vexatious. |
References |
- Dixon J R; Kofron C P 1984. The Central and South American anomalepid snakes of the genus Liotyphlops. Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2-4): 241-264 [1983] - get paper here
- FREIRE, E.M.X.; U. CARAMASCHI & A.J.S. ARGOLO 2007. A new species of Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1393: 19-26 - get paper here
- Marra-Santos, Fidélis Júnio and Roberto E. Reis 2018. Two New Blind Snake Species of the Genus Liotyphlops (Serpentes: Anomalepididae), from Central and South Brazil. Copeia, 106 (3): 507-514 - 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.
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- Silva Haad, J.J., Franco, F.L. & Maldonado, J. 2008. Una nueva especie de Liotyphlops Peters, 1881 (Serpentes, Scolecophidia, Anomalepidae) del sur de la Amazonia Colombiana. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 295 - 300
- 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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