Lorenz's blind snake
Lorenz's blind snake | |
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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] | |
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
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Rhamphotyphlops lorenzi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Ramphotyphlops ". 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. (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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