| Marx's worm snake | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. marxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops marxi (Wallach, 1993) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Etymology
The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx.
Geographic range and habitat
R. marxi is known only from the holotype, collected from Samar island in the central Philippines in 1957. It presumably originated from a forested habitat.
Reproduction
R. marxi is oviparous.
References
- ^ Kim, P. (2022). "Ramphotyphlops marxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169830A186015016. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Ramphotyphlops marxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 June 2024.
- 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. (Ramphotyphlops marxi, p. 170).
Further reading
- Wallach V (1993). "A new species of blind snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Raffles Bull. Zool. 41 (2): 263–278.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ramphotyphlops marxi | |
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