Rhinotyphlops graueri

Rhinotyphlops graueri
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
  • Typhlops graueri
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Rhinotyphlops graueri
    — Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia graueri
    Hedges et al., 2014 [1]

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. 1 2 3 "Letheobia graueri ". 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. "Rhinotyphlops". 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. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, p. 106).

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