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Lorenz's blind snake

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Species of snake

Lorenz's blind snake
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
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
  • Typhlops lorenzi
    F. Werner, 1909
  • Ramphotyphlops lorenzi
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

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

Etymology

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

Geographic range

R. lorenzi is found in Indonesia (Borneo).

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).
Taxon identifiers
Ramphotyphlops lorenzi


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