Koshun worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Argyrophis
Species:
A. koshunensis
Binomial name
Argyrophis koshunensis
(Oshima, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops koshunensis
  • Asiatyphlops koshunensis

The Koshun worm snake (Argyrophis koshunensis) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][4][5] It is endemic to Taiwan.[1][4][5] Very little is known about this species known only from a small number of historical records; it is considered Data Deficient by IUCN.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Zhou, Z.; Rao, D.-q.; Lau, M. (2012). "Argyrophis koshunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178722A1543179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178722A1543179.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Typhlops koshunensis Oshima, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  4. 1 2 Argyrophis koshunensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 K. T. Shao. "Typhlops koshunensis Oshima, 1916". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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