The Socotra worm snake (Xerotyphlops socotranus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2] It is found only on the island of Socotra in Yemen.[3]
| Socotra worm snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Xerotyphlops |
| Species: | X. socotranus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xerotyphlops socotranus (Boulenger, 1889)
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First description
edit- George Albert Boulenger, 1889 : Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 360-363 (read online).
References
edit- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
- ^ Xerotyphlops socotranus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.