Marx's worm snake explained
Marx's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops marxi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Etymology
The specific name, marxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Hymen Marx.[1]
Geographic range and habitat
R. marxi is known only from the holotype, collected from Samar island in the central Philippines in 1957. It presumably originated from a forested habitat.
Reproduction
R. marxi is oviparous.
Further reading
- Wallach V (1993). "A new species of blind snake, Typhlops marxi, from the Philippines (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Raffles Bull. Zool. 41 (2): 263–278.
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops marxi, p. 170).