Conrad's worm snake
| Conrad's worm snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. conradi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops conradi (W. Peters, 1875)
| |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
Conrad's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops conradi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, conradi, is in honor of German Captain Paul Conrad (1836 – ca. 1873).[5]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]R. conradi is found on the island Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes), Indonesia.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of R. conradi is forest.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Dorsally, R. conradi is uniform brown; ventrally, it is lighter brown. The head and the tip of the tail are white. There are 18 scales around the body at midbody. The holotype measures 17.5 cm (6.9 inches) in total length (including tail).[6]
Behavior
[edit | edit source]R. conradi is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Species Ramphotyphlops conradi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (series). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (volume).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Typhlops conradi, p. 57).
- ^ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops conradi, pp. 33-34).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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. (Ramphotyphlops conradi, new combination).
- Koch A (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 374 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Typhlops conradi).
- Peters W (1874). "Über neue Reptilien (Peropus, Agama, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Heterolepis) der herpetologischen Sammlung des Berliner zoologischen Museums ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 159-164 + one plate. (Typhlops conradi, new species, pp. 162–163 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c). (in German).
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).