Marx's worm snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
Species: | R. marxi
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Binomial name | |
Ramphotyphlops marxi (
Wallach, 1993)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. [1] [2]
The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx. [2] [3]
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]
Marx's worm snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
Species: | R. marxi
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Binomial name | |
Ramphotyphlops marxi (
Wallach, 1993)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. [1] [2]
The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx. [2] [3]
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]