Xenotyphlops grandidieri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Xenotyphlopidae
Genus: Xenotyphlops
Species: Xenotyphlops grandidieri
Name

Xenotyphlops grandidieri (Mocquard, 1905)

Lectotype: MNHN 1905.271, ♀. [designated by Wallach & Ineich (1996: 268)]

Paralectotype: MNHN 1905.272, ♂. [designated by Wallach & Ineich (1996: 268)]

Type locality: “Madagascar”.
Combinations

Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, 1905: 286 [original combination]
Xenotyphlops grandidieri — Wallach & Ineich, 1996: 374 [name combination]

Synonyms

Xenotyphlops mocquardi Wallach, Mercurio & Andreone, 2007: 60 [synonymised by Wegener et al. (2013: 280)]

Holotype: MRSN R320, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Ambodivahibe (approximately 12 km SE Antsiranana), Antsiranana Fivondronana, Antsiranana Faritany, 22°23’25”S, 49°26’20”E, elevation ca. 40 m.”
References
Primary references

Mocquard, F. 1905. Note préliminaire sur une collection de reptiles et de batraciens offerte au Muséum par M. Maurice de Rothschild. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 11: 285–289.
Wallach, V. & Ineich, I. 1996. Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 367–376. DOI: 10.2307/1565174 Reference page.
Wallach, V., Mercurio, V. & Andreone, F. 2007. Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1402: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., Hawlitschek, O., Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Xenotyphlops grandidieri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 december 2017.
IUCN: Xenotyphlops grandidieri (Critically Endangered)

Xenotyphlops grandidieri is a species of blind snake endemic to Madagascar. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]

Taxonomy

In addition to having no subspecies, X. grandidieri is the only species in the genus Xenotyphlops, which is the only genus in the family Xenotyphlopidae. Therefore, X. grandidieri is a monotypic species in a monotypic genus in a monotypic family.[4]
Etymology

The specific name, grandidieri, is in honor of French naturalist Alfred Grandidier.[6]
Geographic range

Xenotyphlops grandidieri is found in northern Madagascar.[4]

For over 100 years X. grandidieri was known only from the type specimens and the vague type locality "Madagascar".[2]
References

Vences, M.; Raselimanana, A.; Rakotondravony, H.; Glaw, F. (2011). "Xenotyphlops grandidieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172958A6948452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172958A6948452.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
"Xenotyphlops grandidieri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Wegener et al. 2013.
"Xenotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenotyphlops grandidieri, p. 105).