Liotyphlops schubarti

Liotyphlops schubarti is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.^[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.^[3]

Liotyphlops schubarti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Anomalepididae
Genus:	Liotyphlops
Species:	L. schubarti
Binomial name
Liotyphlops schubarti Vanzolini, 1948

Etymology

The specific name, schubarti, is in honor of German-born Brazilian zoologist Otto Schubart.^[4]

Geographic range

L. schubarti is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.^[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. schubarti is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

L. schubarti is oviparous.^[5]

References

1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Costa, G.C.; Colli, G.R.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B.; Pereira, D. (2020). "Liotyphlops schubarti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T176261A96474600. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T176261A96474600.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 51).
3. "Liotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 238).
5. Species Liotyphlops schubarti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Dixon JR, Kofron CP (1983). "The Central and South American Anomalepid Snakes of the Genus Liotyphlops ". Amphibia-Reptilia 4 (2): 241–264.
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Liotyphlops schubarti, p. 86).
• Vanzolini PE (1948). "Notas sobre os ofídios e lagartos de Cachoeira de Emas, no município de Pirassununga, Estado São Paulo ". Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro 8: 377–400. (Liotyphlops schubarti, new species, p. 379). (in Portuguese).