Malayotyphlops kraalii (DORIA, 1874)
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Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Kei Island Worm Snake |
Synonym | Typhlops kraalii DORIA 1874 Typhlops kraalii — BOULENGER 1893: 30 Typhlops kraali — DE ROOIJ 1917: 4 Typhlops kraali — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 106 Typhlops kraalii — DE LANG 2013 Malayotyphlops kraali — HEDGES et al. 2014 Malayotyphlops kraalii — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Typhlops kraalii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 764 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Ceram = Seram, Kai).
Type locality: “Kei Islands”
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MSNG 29962. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (645 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | Named after Captain P. F. Kraal, a Dutch military officer in the Moluccas when Beccari was visiting Amboina and the Aru Islands. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
- de Rooij, N. DE 1917. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Il. Ophidia. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 334 S. - get paper here
- Doria, G. 1875. Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872-73. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 6: 325-357 [1874] - 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
- Lang, Ruud de 2013. The snakes of the Moluccas (Maluku), Indonesia. Edition Chimaira, 417 pp. - 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.
- Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here
- Smith, M.A. & PROCTER, J.B. 1921. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from the island of Ceram, Indo-Australian Archipelago. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 7: 352-355 - get paper here
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