Rhinotyphlops scorteccii
| Rhinotyphlops scorteccii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
| Species: | R. scorteccii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinotyphlops scorteccii (Gans & Laurent, 1965) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Rhinotyphlops scorteccii, commonly known as Scortecci's blind snake,[1] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, scorteccii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci (1898-1973).[4][5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Rhinotyphlops scortecci [sic]". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ "Giuseppe Scortecci". Wikispecies.
- ↑ 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. (Letheobia scorteccii, Rhinotyphlops scorteccii, p. 240).
Further reading
- Gans C, Laurent RF, Pandit H (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série in Octavo, Science Zoologique, Tervuren 134: 1-93. (Typhlops scorteccii, new species, p. 56).
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