Open AccessTyphlops tycherus Townsend, Wilson, Ketzler and Luque-Montes, 2008 (Squamata: Serpentes: Typhlopidae): significant range extension for this Honduran endemic
Author(s) -
James R. McCranie,
Leonardo Valdés Orellana
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
check list
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/8.6.1308
Subject(s) - squamata , type locality , townsend , geography , zoology , range (aeronautics) , biology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , composite material
We report the second known museum specimen of Typhlops tycherus , a blindsnake endemic to Honduras. This new specimen is from a locality about 240 km from the species’ type locality, thus documenting that T. tycherus has a broader geographical distribution than previously thought.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom