The Iranian worm snake (Xerotyphlops wilsoni) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series), (volume). The species is endemic to Iran.
Etymology The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Arnold Talbot Wilson, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops wilsoni, p. 287).
Reproduction X. wilsoni is oviparous.
References
Further reading Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). " A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Xerotyphlops wilsoni, new combination). Wall F (1908). "Notes on a collection of Snakes from Persia". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 795–805. (Typhlops wilsoni, new species, p. 796).