Typhlops fredparkeri

Typhlops fredparkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Typhlops
Species: T. fredparkeri
Binomial name
Typhlops fredparkeri
Wallach, 1996
Synonyms
  • Typhlops fredparkeri Wallach, 1996
  • Gerrhopilus fredparkeri
    — Vidal et al., 2010 [1]

Typhlops fredparkeri is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker.[4]

Geographic range

Typhlops fredparkeri is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gerrhopilus fredparkeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (Typhlops fredparkeri, p. 103).
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops fredparkeri, pp. 94, 200).

Further reading


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