Species

Ramphotyphlops adocetus

Ramphotyphlops adocetus · described by WYNN, REYNOLDS, BUDEN, FALANRUW & LYNCH 2012

Acutotyphlops solomonis, a close relative of Ramphotyphlops adocetus

Pictured: Acutotyphlops solomonis, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: iNaturalist user: jqrichmond, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Ramphotyphlops adocetus
First described
WYNN, REYNOLDS, BUDEN, FALANRUW & LYNCH 2012
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Ramphotyphlops

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree