Stejneger's beaked snake
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| Species: | R. stejnegeri
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| Rhinotyphlops stejnegeri (Loveridge, 1931)
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Rhinotyphlops stejnegeri is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Leonhard Hess Stejneger, Norwegian-born American herpetologist at the Smithsonian Institution for over 60 years.
References
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Loveridge, A. 1931. A New Snake of the Genus Typhlops from the Belgian Congo. Copeia 1931(3):92-93.