Reuter's blind snake (''Madatyphlops reuteri''), also known
commonly as Reuter's worm snake,
[ is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.][ 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.]
Etymology
The specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''reuteri'', is in honor of "C. Reuter" who collected the holotype.[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlops reuteri'', p. 220).]
Geographic range
''M. reuteri'' is endemic to the Madagascan island Nosy Be.[
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Reproduction
''M. reuteri'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Boettger, O kar(1881). "''Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum Novorum insulae Nossi-Bé Madagascariensis'' ". ''Zoologische Anzeiger'' 4: 650–651. (''Typhlops reuteri'', new species, p. 650). (in Latin).
*Nagy, Zoltán; Marion, Angela B.; Glaw, Frank; Miralles, Aurélien; Nopper, Joachim; Vences, Miguel; Hedges, S. Blair (2015). "Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". ''Zootaxa'' 4040 (1): 31–47.
Madatyphlops
Reptiles described in 1881
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