Ramphotyphlops broomi

Ramphotyphlops broomi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species: R. broomi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops broomi
(Boulenger, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops broomi
    Boulenger, 1898
  • Ramphotyphlops broomi — Robb, 1966
  • Typhlina broomi
    — McDowell, 1974
  • Australotyphlops broomi Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios broomi
    Hedges et al., 2014[1]

Ramphotyphlops broomi is a species of nonvenomous snake in the Typhlopidae family. R. broomi is found mainly in Australia in woodland, mallee, arid and semi-arid areas. [2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, broomi, is in honor of paleontologist Robert Broom.[4]

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 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).
  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 broomi, p. 40).

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