Ramphotyphlops guentheri
| Ramphotyphlops guentheri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Asiatyphlopinae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. guentheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops guentheri (W. Peters, 1865)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Ramphotyphlops guentheri is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Australia.[1][3]
Etymology
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[4]
Geographic range
In Australia, R. guentheri is found in the state of Western Australia and in Northern Territory.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Anilios guentheri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- 1 2 "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 guentheri, pp. 110-111).
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 guentheri, new combination, p. 20).
- 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. (Anilios guentheri, new combination).
- Peters W. 1865. "Einen ferneren Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über Typhlopina". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 259-263 + one unnumbered plate. ["Typhlops (Onycocephalus) Güntheri ", new species, pp. 259–161 + figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c]. (in German).
- Robb J. 1966. "The Generic Status of Australasian Typhlopids (Reptilia: Squamata)". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Thirteenth Series 9: 675-679. (Rhamphotyphlops guentheri, new combination, p. 676).
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