Species Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Boulenger, 1887)

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• Typhlops exocoeti Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Reptiles. In Günther, A. Report on a zoological collection made by the officers of H.M.S. Flying Fish at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887. 516-517 pp. [517].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.11.78, Christmas Islands, Indian Ocean; BMNH 1946.1.11.79, Christmas Islands, Indian Ocean.

Generic Combinations

• Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Boulenger, 1887). —
  Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [196]
• Austrotyphlops exocoeti (Boulenger, 1887).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Maple, D.J., Barr, R. & Smith, M. 2012. A new record of the Christmas Island Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Reptilia: Squamata: Typhlopidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 27(2): 156-160

Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829: 1-81 [57]

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