Loyalty Islands blind snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
Species: | R. willeyi
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Binomial name | |
Ramphotyphlops willeyi (
Boulenger, 1900)
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Synonyms [2] | |
The Loyalty Islands blind snake (Ramphotyphlops willeyi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Melanesia.
The specific name, willeyi, is in honor of British-Canadian zoologist Arthur Willey. [5]
R. willeyi is found in the Loyalty Islands on Lifou and Maré, and on the island of New Caledonia. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of R. willeyi is unknown, but the species is known to occur at an elevation of 150 m (490 ft). [1]
The holotype of R. willeyi has a total length (including tail) of 19.5 cm (7.7 in). Its length is 32 times its diameter. Its color (in alcohol) is olive-brown dorsally, and yellowish ventrally. There are 22 scale rows around the body. [6]
Loyalty Islands blind snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
Species: | R. willeyi
|
Binomial name | |
Ramphotyphlops willeyi (
Boulenger, 1900)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
The Loyalty Islands blind snake (Ramphotyphlops willeyi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Melanesia.
The specific name, willeyi, is in honor of British-Canadian zoologist Arthur Willey. [5]
R. willeyi is found in the Loyalty Islands on Lifou and Maré, and on the island of New Caledonia. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of R. willeyi is unknown, but the species is known to occur at an elevation of 150 m (490 ft). [1]
The holotype of R. willeyi has a total length (including tail) of 19.5 cm (7.7 in). Its length is 32 times its diameter. Its color (in alcohol) is olive-brown dorsally, and yellowish ventrally. There are 22 scale rows around the body. [6]