Lorenz's blind snake explained

Lorenz's blind snake (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, lorenzi, is in honor of German ornithologist Theodore K. Lorenz.^[2]

Geographic range

R. lorenzi is found in Indonesia (Borneo).^[3]

Further reading

• Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61.
• Werner F (1909). "Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg ". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 26: 205-247 (in supplement). (Typhlops lorenzi, new species, p. 209). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Ramphotyphlops lorenzi, p. 160).
3. www.reptile-database.org.