Brown-snouted blind snake
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| Species: | R. wiedii
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Ramphotyphlops wiedii is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, wiedii, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.[4]
Geographic range
R. wiedii is endemic to Australia.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Anilios wiedii ". 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).
- ^ "Ramphotyphlops ". 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. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, p. 285).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops wiedii, p. 36).
- Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, p. 812).
- Peters W (1867). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37. (Typhlops wiedii, new species, pp. 24-25). (in German).