Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Cyclotyphlops deharvengi Higher classification Cyclotyphlops Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Typhlopidae Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Genus Cyclotyphlops
Bosch & Ineich, 1994 Similar Rhinotyphlops, Scaled reptiles, Afrotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops, Helminthophis | ||
Cyclotyphlops is a monotypic genus created for the blind snake species, C. deharvengi, found in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Etymology
The specific name, deharvengi, is in honor of Louis Deharveng, who is a zoologist at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
Geographic range
C. deharvengi is known only from the type locality, which is "Malawa, between Maros and Bone-Watampon, Selatan Province, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, at an elevation of about 500 m" (1,640 ft).
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