Ramphotyphlops howi

Ramphotyphlops howi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species: R. howi
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops howi
Storr, 1983
Synonyms
  • Rhamphotyphlops howi
    Storr, 1983
  • Austrotyphlops howi
    Wallach, 2006
  • Anilios howi
    Hedges et al., 2014[1]

Ramphotyphlops howi is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, howi, is in honor of Australian zoologist Richard Alfred How.[4]

References

  1. "Anilios howi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).
  3. "Ramphotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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. (Ramphotyphlops howi, p. 126).

Further reading


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