Ramphotyphlops cumingii
| Ramphotyphlops cumingii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. cumingii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops cumingii (Gray, 1845) | |
| Synonyms | |
Ramphotyphlops cumingii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, cumingii, is in honor of English conchologist and botanist Hugh Cuming.[4]
Geographic range
R. cumingii is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in Bohol, Marinduque, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, and Polillo.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Ramphotyphlops cumingii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "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 cumingii, p. 62).
Further reading
- Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Onychophis cumingii, new species, p. 133).
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