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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