Reuter's blind snake

Reuter's blind snake (Madatyphlops reuteri), also known commonly as Reuter's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.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.

Etymology The specific name, reuteri, is in honor of "C. Reuter" who collected the holotype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops reuteri, p. 220).

Geographic range M. reuteri is endemic to the Madagascan island Nosy Be.

Reproduction M. reuteri is oviparous.

References

Further reading Boettger, O[skar] (1881). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum Novorum insulae Nossi-Bé Madagascariensis ". Zoologische Anzeiger 4: 650–651. (Typhlops reuteri, new species, p. 650). (in Latin). Nagy, Zoltán; Marion, Angela B.; Glaw, Frank; Miralles, Aurélien; Nopper, Joachim; Vences, Miguel; Hedges, S. Blair (2015). "Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". Zootaxa 4040 (1): 31–47.