Schmutz's worm snake

Schmutz's worm snake (Indotyphlops schmutzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.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. (series), (volume). (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 119). The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology The specific name, schmutzi, is in honor of Father Erwin Schmutz, who in addition to being a missionary, is also a herpetologist and ornithologist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops schmutzi, p. 237).

Geographic range I. schmutzi is found in Indonesia on the islands of Flores and Komodo.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of I. schmutzi is forest.

Reproduction I. schmutzi is oviparous.

References

Further reading Auffenberg W (1980). "The Herpetofauna of Komodo, with Notes on Adjacent Areas". Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci. 25 (2): 39–156. (Typhlops schmutzi, new species, pp. 114–115, Figure 36). de Lang R (2011). The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia: a field-guide to the terrestrial and semi-aquatic snakes with identification key. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 349 pp. . Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Indotyphlops schmutzi, new combination).