Kei Island worm snake
| Kei Island 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: | Malayotyphlops |
| Species: | M. kraalii
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| Binomial name | |
| Malayotyphlops kraalii (Doria, 1874)
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The Kei Island worm snake (Malayotyphlops kraalii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, kraalii, is in honor of Captain P.F. Kraal of the Dutch military in the Moluccas, who assisted the Italian expedition on which the holotype was collected.[4]
Geographic range[edit]
M. kraalii is found in the Kai Islands of Indonesia.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Malayotyphlops kraalii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Jonathan A. Campbell; T'Shaka A. Touré (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ^ 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 kraali [sic]", p. 146).
Further reading[edit]
- 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 kraalii, p. 30).
- Doria G (1874). "Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina, alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872-73 [= Enumeration of the reptiles collected by Dr. O. Beccari on Ambon Island, in the Aru Islands and in the Kai Islands during the years 1872-1873]". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 6: 325-357 + Plates XI-XII. (Typhlops kraalii, new species, p. 347 + Plate XII, figure f, 5 views). (in Italian).
- 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. (Malayotyphlops kraalii, new combination).