Cyclotyphlops

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Cyclotyphlops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Subfamily: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Cyclotyphlops
Bosch & Ineich, 1994
Species:
C. deharvengi
Binomial name
Cyclotyphlops deharvengi
Bosch & Ineich, 1994[2]

Cyclotyphlops deharvengi, or Deharveng’s blind snake, is a

monotypic genus Cyclotyphlops. It is found in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Etymology

The

Geographic range

C. deharvengi is known only from the

type locality, which is "Malawa, between Maros and Bone-Watampon, Selatan Province, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, at an elevation of about 500 m" (1,640 ft).[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. deharvengi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Description

The genus Cyclotyphlops differs from all other

dorsally, and brown ventrally. Maximum recorded total length (including tail) is 14.6 cm (5.7 in).[5]

Reproduction

C. deharvengi is oviparous.[5]

References

Further reading

  • Bosch HAJ in den, Ineich I (1994). "The Typhlopidae of Sulawesi (Indonesia): A Review with Description of a new Genus and a New Species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Journal of Herpetology 28 (2): 206-217. (Cyclotyphlops, new genus; Cyclotyphlops deharvengi, new species).

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