Gerrhopilus Manilae
The Manila worm snake (''Gerrhopilus manilae'') is a species of snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ... in the Gerrhopilidae family.McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1'' It is sometimes placed in the genus Malayotyphlops. References Gerrhopilus Reptiles described in 1962 {{Scolecophidia-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edward Harrison Taylor
Edward Harrison Taylor (April 23, 1889 – June 16, 1978) was an American herpetologist from Missouri. Family Taylor was born in Maysville, Missouri, to George and Loretta Taylor. He had an older brother, Eugene. Education Taylor studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Field trips during his time at the University of Kansas with Dr. Clarence McClung and Dr. Roy Moody helped prepare Taylor for his future endeavors. Between 1916 and 1920 he returned briefly to Kansas to finish his M.A. Career Upon completing his bachelor's degree, Taylor went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teacher's post in a village in central Mindanao. He collected and studied the local herpetofauna extensively and published many papers. He returned to the Philippines after completing his master's degree and was appointed Chief of Fisheries in Manila. On his many survey trips he continued collecting and studying fishes and reptiles of the islan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs about twenty-five times independently via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, altho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gerrhopilidae
The Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan blindsnakes) are a family of blindsnakes that contains at least 16 species in the genus ''Gerrhopilus'', and possibly others (the genus '' Cathetorhinus'' and the species known as either ''Malayotyphlops manilae'', ''Gerrhopilus manilae'', or ''Typhlops manilae'') as well. These blindsnakes are found in India (including the Andaman Islands), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia (including Java, Ternate, Sulawesi, Halmahera, Waigeu, Salawati, Irian Jaya, and Bali), and Papua New Guinea. These blindsnakes were considered to be part of the family Typhlopidae and were formerly known as the ''Typhlops ater'' species group. In 2010, they were discovered to be distantly related to other typhlopids and separated into their own family. Gerrhopilidae, Xenotyphlopidae, and Typhlopidae are grouped together in the superfamily Typhlopoidea to emphasize their closer relationship to one another than to the other two families of scolecophidians ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malayotyphlops
''Malayotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae. Distribution The 12 species of the genus ''Malayotyphlops'' are found in Indonesia and the Philippines.. www.reptile-database.org. Species The following species are recognized as being valid. *''Malayotyphlops andyi'' *''Malayotyphlops canlaonensis'' *''Malayotyphlops castanotus'' *''Malayotyphlops collaris'' *''Malayotyphlops denrorum'' *''Malayotyphlops hypogius'' *''Malayotyphlops koekkoeki'' *''Malayotyphlops kraalii'' *''Malayotyphlops luzonensis'' *''Malayotyphlops manilae'' *''Malayotyphlops ruber'' *''Malayotyphlops ruficauda'' ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Malayotyphlops''. References Further reading *Stephen Blair Hedges, Hedges SB, Angela B. Marion, Marion AB, Kelly M. Lipp, Lipp KM, Julie Marin, Marin J, Nicolas Vidal, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gerrhopilus
''Gerrhopilus'' is a genus of snakes in the family Gerrhopilidae. Geographic range The 23 species of the genus ''Gerrhopilus'' are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Melanesia. Species *'' Gerrhopilus addisoni'' *'' Gerrhopilus andamanensis'' *'' Gerrhopilus ater'' *'' Gerrhopilus beddomii'' *'' Gerrhopilus bisubocularis'' *'' Gerrhopilus ceylonicus'' *'' Gerrhopilus depressiceps'' *'' Gerrhopilus eurydice'' *'' Gerrhopilus floweri'' *'' Gerrhopilus fredparkeri'' *'' Gerrhopilus hades'' *'' Gerrhopilus hedraeus'' *'' Gerrhopilus inornatus'' *'' Gerrhopilus lestes'' *'' Gerrhopilus manilae'' *'' Gerrhopilus mcdowelli'' *'' Gerrhopilus mirus'' *'' Gerrhopilus oligolepis'' *'' Gerrhopilus persephone'' Kraus, Fred (2017). "New Species of Blindsnakes (Squamata: Gerrhopilidae) from the offshore islands of Papua New Guinea". ''Zootaxa'' 4299 (1): 075-094. *'' Gerrhopilus sumatranus'' *'' Gerrhopilus suturalis'' *'' Gerrhopilus thurstoni'' *'' Gerrhopilus tind ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |