Lorenz's blind snake

Lorenz's blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Ramphotyphlops
Species: R. lorenzi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
(F. Werner, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops lorenzi
    F. Werner, 1909
  • Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Lorenz's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, lorenzi, is in honor of German ornithologist Theodore K. Lorenz.[5]

Geographic range

R. lorenzi is found in Indonesia (Borneo).[2]

References

  1. Iskandar, D., Inger, R.F. & Auliya, M. 2012. Ramphotyphlops lorenzi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192014A2028160. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192014A2028160.en. Downloaded on 18 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Rhamphotyphlops lorenzi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 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). (Ramphotyplops lorenzi, new combination, p. 68).
  4. "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 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. (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi, p. 160).

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.
  • Werner F. 1909. "Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg ". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 26: 205-247 (in supplement). (Typhlops lorenzi, new species, p. 209). (in German).
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