Rhinotyphlops feae
| Rhinotyphlops feae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
| Species: | R. feae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinotyphlops feae (Boulenger, 1906) | |
| Synonyms | |
Rhinotyphlops feae is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and zoologist.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Letheobia feae ". 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).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops ". 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. (Rhinotyphlops feae, p. 88).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Series 3, 2: 196-216. (Typhlops feae, new species, p. 209).