Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Typhlopidae > Xerotyphlops > Xerotyphlops socotranus

Xerotyphlops socotranus (Socotra Worm Snake)

Synonyms: Typhlops socotranus

Wikipedia Abstract

Typhlops socotranus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is found only on the island of Socotra in Yemen.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Socotra Island xeric shrublands Yemen Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Horn of Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen Yes

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0