Ramphotyphlops lorenzi

Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Scolecophidia
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species: R. lorenzi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
(F. Werner, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops lorenzi
    F. Werner, 1909
  • Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Ramphotyphlops lorenzi is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, lorenzi, is in honor of German ornithologist Theodore K. Lorenz.[4]

Geographic range

R. lorenzi is found in Indonesia (Borneo).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhamphotyphlops lorenzi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ 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).

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