Rhinotyphlops newtonii
| Rhinotyphlops newtonii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
| Species: | R. newtonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinotyphlops newtonii (Bocage, 1890) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Rhinotyphlops newtonii is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
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.[4] "F. Newton" refers to Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton (1864–1909).[5]
References
- ↑ "Letheobia newtoni ". 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.
- ↑ Bocage (1890).
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops newtonii, p. 189).
Further reading
- Bocage, JV Barboza du (1890). "Sur une espèce nouvelle à ajoutter [sic] à la faune erpètologique [sic] de St. Thomé et Rolas ". Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes da Academia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Series 2, 2: 61-62. (Typhlops newtoni, new species). (in French).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops newtonii, p. 55).
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