Rhinotyphlops newtonii
| Rhinotyphlops newtonii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
| Species: | R. newtonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinotyphlops newtonii (Bocage, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
Rhinotyphlops newtonii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] The specific name, newtonii, is in honor of "M[onsieur]. F. Newton", who collected the type specimen on Ilhéu das Rolas in the Gulf of Guinea.
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
Further reading
- Barboza du Bocage, J.V. 1890. Sur une espèce nouvelle à ajoutter [sic] à la faune erpètologique de St. Thomé et Rolas. Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes da Academia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Series 2, Volume 2, p. 61.
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