Rhinotyphlops graueri
Rhinotyphlops graueri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
Species: | R. graueri |
Binomial name | |
Rhinotyphlops graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) | |
Synonyms | |
Rhinotyphlops graueri is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.[4]
Geographic range
R. graueri is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and westen Uganda.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Letheobia graueri ". 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).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". 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. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, p. 106).
Further reading
- Sternfeld R. 1912. "Reptilia". pp. 197-279. In: Schuboltz R (editor). 1912. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1907-1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV [Volume 4], Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhard & Biermann. 405 pp. + Plates I-XI. (Typhlops graueri, new species, p. 264). (in German).
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