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Indotyphlops schmutzi (AUFFENBERG, 1980)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Schmutz's Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops schmutzi AUFFENBERG 1980: 114
Typhlops schmutzi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 119
Typhlops schmutzi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 771
Indotyphlops schmutzi — HEDGES et al. 2014 
DistributionIndonesia (Komodo, Flores)

Type locality: “Loho Lavi, Komodo, elevation 12 m.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: UF 29507, adult female; Paratypes: MZB 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. Differing from all other described species of the genus in possessing, in combination, extreme slenderness, no subocular, nasal cleft arising from second supralabial, and a completely divided nasal. (Auffenberg 1980)


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EtymologyNamed after Father Erwin Schmutz, a missionary, ornithologist, and herpetologist. He trained as a pharmacist and, having studied theology (1956-1962), went to Flores, Indonesia (1963). 
References
  • Auffenberg W 1980. The herpetofauna of Komodo, with notes on adjacent areas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 25 (2): 39-156 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Iskandar, Djoko T. and Mumpuni 2002. The herpetological type specimens in the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense Collection. Hamadryad 27 (1):123-135 - get paper here
  • Lang, Ruud de 2011. The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia. Asian Herpetological Research 2 (1): 46-54 - get paper here
  • Lang, Ruud de 2012. Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia. Edition Chimaira, 349 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.
  • Wallach, V. & Pauwels, OS.G. 2004. Typhlops lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Breviora (512): 1-21 - 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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