Conrad's worm snake (''Ramphotyphlops conradi'') is a
species of
snake in the
family Typhlopidae.
[ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume).] The species is
endemic to
Indonesia.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''conradi'', is in honor of
German
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Captain Paul Conrad (1836 –
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1873).
Geographic range
''R. conradi'' is found on the island
Sulawesi
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(formerly known as Celebes), Indonesia.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''R. conradi'' is forest.
Description
Dorsally, ''R. conradi'' is uniform brown; ventrally, it is lighter brown. The head and the tip of the tail are white. There are 18 scales around the body at midbody. The holotype measures 17.5 cm (6.9 inches) in total length (including tail).[ Boulenger GA (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Typhlops conradi'', pp. 33-34).]
Behavior
''R. conradi'' is terrestrial and fossorial
A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees.
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Reproduction
''R. conradi'' 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
* Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". ''Caribbean Herpetology'' (49): 1-61. (''Ramphotyphlops conradi'', new combination).
* Koch A (2012). ''Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands''. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 374 pp. . (''Typhlops conradi)''.
* Peters W (1874). "''Über neue Reptilien'' (Peropus, Agama, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Heterolepis) ''der herpetologischen Sammlung des Berliner zoologischen Museums'' ". ''Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' 1874: 159-164 + one plate. (''Typhlops conradi'', new species, pp. 162–163 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c). (in German
German(s) may refer to:
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Ramphotyphlops
Reptiles described in 1875
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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