Ramphotyphlops wiedii

Ramphotyphlops wiedii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Scolecophidia
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Ramphotyphlops
Species:	R. wiedii
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops wiedii (W. Peters, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
Typhlops wiedii W. Peters, 1867 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — Robb, 1966 Typhlina wiedii — McDowell, 1974 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Austrotyphlops wiedii — Wallach, 2006 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — S. Wilson & Swan, 2010 Anilios wiedii — Hedges et al., 2014 Ramphotyphlops wiedii — Cogger, 2014

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

Etymology

The specific name, wiedii, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.^[4]

Geographic range

R. wiedii is endemic to Australia.^[1]

References

1. "Anilios wiedii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. 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).
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 wiedii, p. 285).

Further reading

• 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 wiedii, p. 36).
• Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Ramphotyphlops wiedii, p. 812).
• Peters W (1867). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37. (Typhlops wiedii, new species, pp. 24-25). (in German).