Typhlops schwartzi THOMAS, 1989

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Typhlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Hispaniolan Giant Blindsnake, Schwartz' Worm Snake
Synonym	Typhlops schwartzi THOMAS 1989: 409 Typhlops schwartzi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 657 Typhlops schwartzi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 119 Typhlops schwartzi — KORNILIOS et al. 2013 Typhlops schwartzi — HEDGES et al. 2014 Typhlops schwartzi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 771 Typhlops schwartzi — ITURRIAGA et al. 2024
Distribution	E Hispaniola (Dominican Republic) Type locality: 1.5 km W Jayaco, Monseñor Nouel Province, República Dominicana, 800 ft. elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: KU 208752, adult female; paratypes: KU, MNHNSD, USNM, AMNH, RT (Richard Thomas, private collection)
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Comment	For illustrations see Thomas, 1989.
Etymology	Named after Albert Schwartz (1923-1992), a biologist and entomologist. He was Professor Emeritus of Biology, Miami-Dade Community College, and was associated with the Florida Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Natural History, and Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo. See Henderson 1993 for biographical notes.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Domínguez, Michel and Raúl E Díaz 2011. Taxonomy of the Blind Snakes Associated with Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae) from the Bahamas Islands and Cuba. Herpetologica 67 (2): 194-211. - get paper here DOMÍNGUEZ, MICHEL; ANSEL FONG G. & MANUEL ITURRIAGA 2013. A new blind snake (Typhlopidae) from Northeastern Cuba. Zootaxa 3681: 136–146 - 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 Henderson, Robert W. 1993. Albert Schwartz (1923-1992): A memoriam. Herpetological Natural History 1 (2): 95-97 ITURRIAGA, M., DOMÍNGUEZ, M., & REYNOSO, V. H. 2024. Resurrection of Typhlops cubae Bibron, 1843 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), with taxonomic comments on the Typhlops lumbricalis species group. Zootaxa 5507(4), 534-548 - get paper here Kornilios, P.; S. Giokas, P. Lymberakis, R. Sindaco 2013. Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68 (1): 35–41 - 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. Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Thomas, R. 1989. The relationships of Antillean Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) and the description of three new Hispaniolan species, p. 409-432. In C. A. Woods (ed.), Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida. Thomas, R. and R. Powell. 1994. Typhlops schwartzi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (596) - 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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