Leptotyphlops fitzingeri

Leptotyphlops fitzingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. fitzingeri
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops fitzingeri
(Jan, 1861)

Leptotyphlops fitzingeri is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family.[1][2] The specific name, fitzingeri, honors Leopold Fitzinger, an Austrian herpetologist.

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174335. Retrieved 29 August 2007.