Schmutz's worm snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. schmutzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops schmutzi (Auffenberg, 1980)
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Schmutz's worm snake (Indotyphlops schmutzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, schmutzi, is in honor of Father Erwin Schmutz, who in addition to being a missionary, is also a herpetologist and ornithologist.[5]
Geographic range
[edit]I. schmutzi is found in Indonesia on the islands of Flores and Komodo.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of I. schmutzi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Shea, G. & Reilly, S. (2021). "Indotyphlops schmutzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178325A123635660. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Species Indotyphlops schmutzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops schmutzi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 119).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 237).
Further reading
[edit]- Auffenberg W (1980). "The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas". Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci. 25 (2): 39–156. (Typhlops schmutzi, new species, pp. 114–115, Figure 36).
- de Lang R (2011). The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia: a field-guide to the terrestrial and semi-aquatic snakes with identification key. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 349 pp. ISBN 978-3899734805.
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Indotyphlops schmutzi, new combination).