''Cyclotyphlops deharvengi'', or Deharveng’s blind snake, is a

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of blind snake placed in the

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''Cyclotyphlops''. It is found in southeastern Sulawesi,

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. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Etymology

The

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, ''deharvengi'', is in honor of Louis Deharveng, who is an entomologist at the

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. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cyclotyphlops harvengi'', p. 68).

Geographic range

''C. deharvengi'' is known only from the

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, which is "Malawa, between Maros and Bone-Watampon, Selatan Province, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, at an elevation of about 500 m" (1,640 ft).

Habitat

The preferred natural

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of ''C. deharvengi'' is

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, at altitudes from sea level to .

Description

The genus ''Cyclotyphlops'' differs from all other

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in the subfamily Asiatyphlopinae by the arrangement of the head scales. There is a large central circular head shield, from which smaller scales radiate. ''C. deharvengi'' is dark brown dorsally, and brown ventrally. Maximum recorded total length (including tail) is .

Reproduction

''C. deharvengi'' is

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."''Cyclotyphlops deharvengi'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

References

External links

* Typhlopidae Monotypic reptile genera Endemic fauna of Indonesia Reptiles of Sulawesi {{snake-stub