Lorenz's blind snake

Lorenz's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]

Lorenz's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species:
R. lorenzi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
(F. Werner, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops lorenzi
    F. Werner, 1909
  • Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Etymology

The specific name, lorenzi, is in honor of German ornithologist Theodore K. Lorenz.[5]

Geographic range

R. lorenzi is found in Indonesia (Borneo).[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Species Rhamphotyphlops lorenzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Ramphotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 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
  • 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).
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