Madatyphlops madagascariensis (BOETTGER, 1877)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Madatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Madagascar Worm Snake |
Synonym | Typhlops madagascariensis BOETTGER 1877 Typhlops madagascariensis — BOULENGER 1893: 25 Typhlops madagascariensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 349 Typhlops madagascariensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 109 Typhlops madagascariensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 766 Madatyphlops madagascariensis — HEDGES et al. 2014 |
Distribution | Madagascar.
Type locality: “Nossi Be [= Nosy Bé], Madagascar”
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: SMF 16604. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (587 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Habitat: rainforest areas of low and mid-altitude
Abundance: Rare. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- Boettger, O. 1878. Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar. I. Studien über Reptilien aus Madagascar. II. Aufzählung der bis jetzt von Madagascar bekannt gewordenen Reptilien und Amphibien. III. Bemerkungen über die verwandtschaftlichen und geographischen Beziehungen der Reptilien und Amphibien Madagascars. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 11: 1-56 [1877] - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
- Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
- Guibé ,J. 1958. Les serpents de Madagascar. Memoires de l’Institut Scientifique de Madagascar 12: 189-260
- 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.
- Wallach, V. & Glaw, F. 2009. A new mid-altitude rainforest species of Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Madagascar with notes on the taxonomic status of T. boettgeri Boulenger, T. microcephalus Werner, and T. capensis Rendahl. Zootaxa 2294: 23–38 - 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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