Madatyphlops domerguei

Madatyphlops domerguei is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Madatyphlops domerguei
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Madatyphlops
Species:	M. domerguei
Binomial name
Madatyphlops domerguei (Roux-Estève, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
Typhlops domerguei Roux-Estève, 1980 Madatyphlops domerguei — Hedges et al., 2014 Lemuriatyphlops domerguei — Pyron & Wallach, 2014

Etymology

The specific name, domerguei, is in honor of French herpetologist Charles Domergue.[5]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

References

1. Raxworthy, C.J. & Vences, M. 2010. Typhlops domerguei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178399A7538828. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178399A7538828.en. Downloaded on 16 August 2018.
2. "Madatyphlops domerguei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
4. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
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 domerguei, p. 74).

Further reading

• Roux-Estève, Rolande (1980). "Une nouvelle espèce de Typhlopidae (Serpentes) du Centre-Est de Madagascar : Typhlops domerguei". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Series 2, 1: 321–323. (in French).