Ramphotyphlops cumingii

Ramphotyphlops cumingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species: R. cumingii
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops cumingii
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Onychophis cumingii Gray, 1845
  • Typhlops cumingii
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlina cumingii
    — McDowell, 1974
  • Ramphotyphlops cumingii McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999[1]

Ramphotyphlops cumingii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, cumingii, is in honor of English conchologist and botanist Hugh Cuming.[4]

Geographic range

R. cumingii is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in Bohol, Marinduque, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, and Polillo.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ramphotyphlops cumingii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 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).
  3. "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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 cumingii, p. 62).

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