Schmutz's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Indotyphlops
Species:
I. schmutzi
Binomial name
Indotyphlops schmutzi
(Auffenberg, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops schmutzi
    Auffenberg, 1980
  • Indotyphlops schmutzi
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Schmutz's worm snake (Indotyphlops schmutzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, schmutzi, is in honor of Father Erwin Schmutz, who in addition to being a missionary, is also a herpetologist and ornithologist.[5]

Geographic range

I. schmutzi is found in Indonesia on the islands of Flores and Komodo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. schmutzi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

I. schmutzi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Shea, G. & Reilly, S. (2021). "Indotyphlops schmutzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178325A123635660. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Species Indotyphlops schmutzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ "Typhlops schmutzi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ 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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 119).
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 237).

Further reading

  • Auffenberg W (1980). "The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas". Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci. 25 (2): 39–156. (Typhlops schmutzi, new species, pp. 114–115, Figure 36).
  • de Lang R (2011). The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia: a field-guide to the terrestrial and semi-aquatic snakes with identification key. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 349 pp. ISBN 978-3899734805.
  • 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. (Indotyphlops schmutzi, new combination).



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