Rhinotyphlops feae

Rhinotyphlops feae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species: R. feae
Binomial name
Rhinotyphlops feae
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops feae
    Boulenger, 1906
  • Rhinotyphlops feae
    — Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia feae
    Broadley & Wallach, 2007[1]

Rhinotyphlops feae is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and zoologist.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Letheobia feae ". 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. "Rhinotyphlops ". 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. (Rhinotyphlops feae, p. 88).

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