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Marx's worm snake

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Marx's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species:
R. marxi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops marxi
(Wallach, 1993)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops marxi
    Wallach, 1993
  • Ramphotyphlops marxi
    — Wallach et al., 2007

Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]

Etymology

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The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx.[2][3]

Geographic range and habitat

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R. marxi is known only from the holotype, collected from Samar island in the central Philippines in 1957.[1][2] It presumably originated from a forested habitat.[1]

Reproduction

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R. marxi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kim, P. (2022). "Ramphotyphlops marxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169830A186015016. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ramphotyphlops marxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ 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. (Ramphotyphlops marxi, p. 170).

Further reading

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  • Wallach V (1993). "A new species of blind snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Raffles Bull. Zool. 41 (2): 263–278.