Sundevall's worm snake

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Sundevall's worm snake (Tricheilostoma sundewalli) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Central Africa and West Africa.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
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Sundevall's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Tricheilostoma
Species:
T. sundewalli
Binomial name
Tricheilostoma sundewalli
(Jan, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Stenostoma sundewalli
    Jan, 1862
  • Glauconia sundevalli [sic]
    Boulenger, 1890
  • Leptotyphlops sundevalli
    Villiers, 1950
  • Leptotyphlops sundewalli
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Guinea sundewalli
    Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Tricheilostoma sundewalli
    Hedges, 2011
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Etymology

The epithet, sundewalli, is in honor of Carl Jakob Sundevall, a Swedish zoologist.[4]

Geographic range

T. sundewalli is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.[1]

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