Xenotyphlops grandidieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Xenotyphlopidae
Genus: Xenotyphlops
Species: Xenotyphlops grandidieri

Name

• Xenotyphlops grandidieri (Mocquard, 1905)

Lectotype: MNHN 1905.271, ♀. [designated by Wallach & Ineich (1996: 268)]

Paralectotype: MNHN 1905.272, ♂. [designated by Wallach & Ineich (1996: 268)]

Type locality: “Madagascar”.

Combinations

• Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, 1905: 286 [original combination]
• Xenotyphlops grandidieri — Wallach & Ineich, 1996: 374 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Xenotyphlops mocquardi Wallach, Mercurio & Andreone, 2007: 60 [synonymised by Wegener et al. (2013: 280)]

Holotype: MRSN R320, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Ambodivahibe (approximately 12 km SE Antsiranana), Antsiranana Fivondronana, Antsiranana Faritany, 22°23’25”S, 49°26’20”E, elevation ca. 40 m.”

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1905. Note préliminaire sur une collection de reptiles et de batraciens offerte au Muséum par M. Maurice de Rothschild. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 11: 285–289.
• Wallach, V. & Ineich, I. 1996. Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 367–376. DOI: 10.2307/1565174 Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Mercurio, V. & Andreone, F. 2007. Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1402: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., Hawlitschek, O., Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenotyphlops grandidieri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 december 2017.
• IUCN: Xenotyphlops grandidieri  (Critically Endangered)