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 | |
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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 2 "Gerrhopilus fredparkeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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
- Vidal N, Marin J, Morini M, Donnellan S, Branch WR, Thomas R, Vences M, Wynn A, Cruaud C, Hedges SB. 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6: 558-561. (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri, new combination).
- Wallach V. 1996. Two new blind snakes of the Typhlops ater species group from Papua New Guinea. Russian Journal of Herpetology 3 (2): 107-118. (Typhlops fredparkeri, new species).
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