Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb

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 Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Ramphotyphlops hatmaliyeb Wynn, Reynolds, Buden, Falanruw & Lynch, 2012: 46

Holotype: USNM 558300, collected by Marjorie Falanruw on 04 August 2007.
Type locality: “Giilab (= Gielap, Gielop) Island, Ulithi, Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia)”.
Etymology: Hatmaliyeb is one transliteration of the Ulithian name for this snake (likening it to a large worm from Yap).

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.

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