Malayotyphlops koekkoeki | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Malayotyphlops |
Species: | M. koekkoeki |
Binomial name | |
Malayotyphlops koekkoeki (Brongersma, 1934) | |
Synonyms | |
Malayotyphlops koekkoeki, also known commonly as Koekkoek's blind snake or the Boenjoe Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.
Etymology
The specific name, koekkoeki, is in honor of Dutch scientific illustrator Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944).
Geographic range
M. koekkoeki is found on the Indonesian island of Bunyu off the northeastern coast of Borneo.
Behavior
M. koekkoeki is terrestrial, fossorial, and nocturnal.
Reproduction
M. koekkoeki is oviparous.
References
- ^ Das, I.; Wallach, V.; Iskandar, D. (2016). "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192061A104850668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T192061A104850668.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Species Malayotyphlops koekkoeki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- 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. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 106).
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 144).
Further reading
- Brongersma LD (1934). "Contributions to Indo-Australian Herpetology". Zoologische Mededelingen 17: 161–251. (Typhlops koekkoeki, new species, pp. 186–187 + Figures 13–15 on p. 190).
- Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books.144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 11).
- Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1–61. (Malayotyphlops koekoeki, new combination).
- Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 433). (in German).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Malayotyphlops koekkoeki | |
Typhlops koekkoeki |
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