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Koshun worm snake

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Koshun worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Argyrophis
Species:
A. koshunensis
Binomial name
Argyrophis koshunensis
(Oshima, 1916)[2]
Synonyms
  • Typhlops koshunensis
  • Asiatyphlops koshunensis

The Koshun worm snake (Argyrophis koshunensis) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4][5][6] It is endemic to Taiwan.[1][5][6] Very little is known about this species known only from a small number of historical records; it is considered Data Deficient by IUCN.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Zhou, Z.; Rao, D.-q.; Lau, M. (2012). "Argyrophis koshunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T178722A1543179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178722A1543179.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ōshima, M. (1916). 臺灣産蛇類種名訂正 [A correction of the scientific names of Formosan snakes]. Zoological Magazine (in Japanese). 28 (328): 84–86.
  3. ^ "Typhlops koshunensis Oshima, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  4. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  5. ^ a b Argyrophis koshunensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b K. T. Shao. "Typhlops koshunensis Oshima, 1916". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 8 June 2016.