Ramphotyphlops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Asiatyphlopinae
Genus: Ramphotyphlops
Species (22): R. acuticauda – R. adocetus – R. angusticeps – R. becki – R. bipartitus – R. conradi – R. cumingii – R. depressus – R. erebus – R. exocoeti – R. flaviventer – R. hatmaliyeb – R. lineatus – R. lorenzi – R. mansuetus – R. marxi – R. mollyozakiae – R. multilineatus – R. olivaceus – R. similis – R. suluensis – R. supranasalis – R. willeyi

Name

Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843: 24 [conserved name]

• Type species: Typhlops multilineatus Schlegel, 1839, by original designation.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1207 (1982: 106).

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1982. Opinion 1207. Leptotyphlops and Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 (Reptilia, Serpentes): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(2): 106–108. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wynn, A.H., Reynolds, R.P., Buden, D.W., Falanruw, M.C. & Lynch, B. 2012. The unexpected discovery of blind snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) in Micronesia: two new species of Ramphotyphlops from the Caroline Islands. Zootaxa 3172(1): 39–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3172.1.3 Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1 Reference page. 
• Kraus, F. 2023. A revision of Gerrhopilus inornatus (Squamata: Gerrhopilidae) reveals a multi-species complex. Zootaxa 5231(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ramphotyphlops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Western Pacific Blind Snakes