Liotyphlops wilderi
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Liotyphlops
| species = wilderi
| authority = (Garman, 1883)
| synonyms = *Typhlops wilderi {{small|Garman, 1883}}
- Helminthophis guentheri {{small|Boulenger, 1889}}
- Helminthophis wilderi {{small|Hammar, 1908}}
- Liotyphlops wilderi {{small|Vanzolini, 1948}}
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Liotyphlops wilderi, also known as Wilder's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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). The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, wilderi, is in honor of Burt Green Wilder, who was an American comparative anatomist and naturalist.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}}. (Liotyphlops wilderi, p. 285).
Geographic range
L. wilderi is found in southeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
Habitat
Reproduction
L. wilderi is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241–264.
- Garman S (1883). "On certain Reptiles from Brazil and Florida". Science Observer, Boston 4 (5/6): 47–48. (Typhlops wilderi, new species, p. 48).
- Hammar AG (1908). "Note on the Type Specimen of a Blind Snake Helminthophis wilderi (Garman), from Brazil". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 1: 334–335. (Helminthophis wilderi, new combination, pp. 334–335, Figures a-c).
- Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sóbre os ofídios e lagartos da cachoeira de ema, no município de Pirassununga, estado de São Paulo ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops wilderi, new combination, p. 380. (in Portuguese).
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Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil