Malayotyphlops koekkoeki, also known commonly as Koekkoek's blind snake or the Boenjoe Island worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, koekkoeki, is in honor of Dutch scientific illustrator Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944).[5]

Geographic range

M. koekkoeki is found on the Indonesian island of Bunyu off the northeastern coast of Borneo.[2]

Behavior

M. koekkoeki is terrestrial, fossorial, and nocturnal.[1]

Reproduction

M. koekkoeki is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Das, I.; Wallach, V.; Iskandar, D. (2016). "Malayotyphlops koekkoeki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192061A104850668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T192061A104850668.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Species Malayotyphlops koekkoeki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  4. ^ 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. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 106).
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 144).

Further reading

  • Brongersma LD (1934). "Contributions to Indo-Australian Herpetology". Zoologische Mededelingen 17: 161–251. (Typhlops koekkoeki, new species, pp. 186–187 + Figures 13–15 on p. 190).
  • Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books.144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 11).
  • Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1–61. (Malayotyphlops koekoeki, new combination).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Typhlops koekkoeki, p. 433). (in German).



Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhlops_koekkoeki
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