Yonenga worm snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Amerotyphlops |
Species: | A. yonenagae
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Binomial name | |
Amerotyphlops yonenagae (
Rodriques, 1991)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Yonenga worm snake (Amerotyphlops yonenagae), also known commonly as Yonenaga's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Brazil.
The specific name, yonenagae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda. She is a Brazilian mammalogist of Japanese descent. [5]
A. yonenagae is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of A. yonenagae is forest. [1]
Small for its family, A. yonenagae may attain a total length (including tail) of 20 cm (7.9 in). It has 18 scale rows around the body, for the full length of the body. Dorsally, it is cream-colored, with a darker middorsal line, which is well-marked and extends from the back of the head to the tail. Ventrally, it is immaculate. [2]
A. yonenagae is oviparous. [2]
Yonenga worm snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Amerotyphlops |
Species: | A. yonenagae
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Binomial name | |
Amerotyphlops yonenagae (
Rodriques, 1991)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Yonenga worm snake (Amerotyphlops yonenagae), also known commonly as Yonenaga's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Brazil.
The specific name, yonenagae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda. She is a Brazilian mammalogist of Japanese descent. [5]
A. yonenagae is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of A. yonenagae is forest. [1]
Small for its family, A. yonenagae may attain a total length (including tail) of 20 cm (7.9 in). It has 18 scale rows around the body, for the full length of the body. Dorsally, it is cream-colored, with a darker middorsal line, which is well-marked and extends from the back of the head to the tail. Ventrally, it is immaculate. [2]
A. yonenagae is oviparous. [2]