Lorenz's blind snake
(Redirected from Ramphotyphlops lorenzi)
| Lorenz's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. lorenzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops lorenzi (F. Werner, 1909)
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Lorenz's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lorenzi, is in honor of German ornithologist Theodore K. Lorenz.[5]
Geographic range
[edit]R. lorenzi is found in Indonesia (Borneo).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Iskandar, D.; Inger, R.F.; Auliya, M. (2012). "Ramphotyphlops lorenzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192014A2028160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192014A2028160.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Rhamphotyphlops lorenzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi, p. 160).
Further reading
[edit]- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61.
- Werner F (1909). "Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg ". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 26: 205-247 (in supplement). (Typhlops lorenzi, new species, p. 209). (in German).