Ramphotyphlops guentheri

Ramphotyphlops guentheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Subfamily:	Asiatyphlopinae
Genus:	Ramphotyphlops
Species:	R. guentheri
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops guentheri (W. Peters, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Typhlops (Onychocephalus) güntheri W. Peters, 1865 Typhlops guentheri — Boulenger, 1893 Ramphotyphlops guentheri — Robb, 1966 Typhlina guentheri — McDowell, 1974 Austrotyphlops guentheri — Wallach, 2006 Anilios guentheri — Hedges et al., 2014[1]

Ramphotyphlops guentheri is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[2][3] The species is endemic to Australia.^[1][3]

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.^[4]

Geographic range

In Australia, R. guentheri is found in the state of Western Australia and in Northern Territory.^[1]

References

1. "Anilios guentheri ". 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 guentheri, pp. 110-111).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops guentheri, new combination, p. 20).

• 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. (Anilios guentheri, new combination).

• Peters W. 1865. "Einen ferneren Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über Typhlopina". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 259-263 + one unnumbered plate. ["Typhlops (Onycocephalus) Güntheri ", new species, pp. 259-161 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c]. (in German).

• Robb J. 1966. "The Generic Status of Australasian Typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata)". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Thirteenth Series 9: 675-679. (Rhamphotyphlops guentheri, new combination, p. 676).