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Indotyphlops Meszoelyi
''Indotyphlops meszoelyi'', the Darjeeling worm snake or Meszoely's blind snake, is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Darjeeling, West Bengal Province, India. Etymology ''Indotyphlops meszoelyi'' was named after American paleontologist Charles A.M. Meszoely (born 1933) of the Center for Vertebrate Studies at Northeastern University, Boston, Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Description The holotype specimen of ''I. meszoelyi'' measures in total length (including tail), and has a diameter of in the middle of its body. It can be distinguished from other species in the same genus found in that region by the presence of a "deep concavity along the posterior border of the nasal shield". The snake is brown on its back and lighter brown on its belly, with the two colors merging into each other. Habitat and ecology The holotype specimen of ''I. meszoelyi'' was collected in a region of rugged hills, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Wallach
Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach (born 1947) is an American herpetologist and an expert on blindsnakes and on the systematics, internal anatomy, and taxonomy of snakes. He has contributed to the descriptions of at least 46 species of snakes and has conducted fieldwork on tropical snakes in the Philippines, Nicaragua, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For many years Wallach worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He retired from the museum in 2012, but he continues to work on snake taxonomy. Wallach was the lead editor of the 1,227 page authoritative reference book ''Snakes of the World''. In the 2000s Wallach was one of several herpetologists who became embroiled in a dispute with Raymond Hoser, a self-published Australian herpetologist, over proper nomenclatorial acts. Hoser charged Wallach with attempting to name species that Hoser had already described in his self-published journal. Wallach' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |