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Iranian Worm Snake Xerotyphlops wilsoni

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<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_worm_snake">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of snake</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>Iranian worm snake</b> (<i><b>Xerotyphlops wilsoni</b></i>) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhlopidae" title="Typhlopidae">Typhlopidae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, <i>wilsoni</i>, is in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Wilson" title="Arnold Wilson">Arnold Talbot Wilson</a>, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>X. wilsoni</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparity" title="Oviparity">oviparous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164698/5918644">"<i>Xerotyphlops wilsoni</i>"</a>. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2009</b>: e.T164698A5918644. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164698A5918644.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164698A5918644.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&rft.atitle=Xerotyphlops+wilsoni&rft.volume=2009&rft.pages=e.T164698A5918644&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164698A5918644.en&rft.au=G%C3%B6ran+Nilson%2C+Steven+Anderson%2C+Theodore+Papenfuss%2C+Natalia+Ananjeva&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F164698%2F5918644&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIranian+worm+snake" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RDB-2"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Species <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Xerotyphlops&species=wilsoni">Xerotyphlops wilsoni</a></i> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reptile-database.org/">The Reptile Database</a> www.reptile-database.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ITIS-3"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ITIS_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634657">"<i>Typhlops </i>"</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">Integrated Taxonomic Information System</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-893777-00-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-893777-00-6">1-893777-00-6</a> (series), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-893777-01-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-893777-01-4">1-893777-01-4</a> (volume).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). <i>The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles</i>. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5">978-1-4214-0135-5</a>. (<i>Typhlops wilsoni</i>, p. 287).</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blair_Hedges" title="Stephen Blair Hedges">Hedges SB</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angela_B._Marion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angela B. Marion (page does not exist)">Marion AB</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelly_M._Lipp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kelly M. Lipp (page does not exist)">Lipp KM</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julie_Marin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julie Marin (page does not exist)">Marin J</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Vidal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicholas Vidal (page does not exist)">Vidal N</a> (2014). " A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". <i>Caribbean Herpetology</i> (49): 1-61. (<i>Xerotyphlops wilsoni</i>, new combination).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wall_(herpetologist)" title="Frank Wall (herpetologist)">Wall F</a> (1908). "Notes on a collection of Snakes from Persia". <i>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society</i> <b>18</b>: 795–805. 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4em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Typhlops wilsoni</i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3012526" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q3012526">Q3012526</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Xerotyphlops_wilsoni" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Xerotyphlops wilsoni">Xerotyphlops wilsoni</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Diversity_Web" title="Animal Diversity Web">ADW</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Typhlops_wilsoni/">Typhlops_wilsoni</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/1055153">1055153</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2471207">2471207</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/32577">32577</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10365410">10365410</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634704">634704</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" 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Common Names

Unknown Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Typhlopidae

Genus: Xerotyphlops

Species: Iranian Worm Snake Xerotyphlops wilsoni

Conservation Status

extinct (EX)