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Ramphotyphlops becki (TANNER, 1948)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Asiatyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Beck’s Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops becki TANNER 1948: 15
Ramphotyphlops becki — SHEA & WALLACH 2000
Ramphotyphlops becki — HEDGES et al. 2014
Ramphotyphlops becki — WALLACH et al. 2014: 626 
DistributionSolomon Islands, Guadalcanal

Type locality: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BYU 7448 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1950 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the type, Dr. D. Elden Beck, Assistant Professor of Zoology and Entomology at Dixie College, St. George, Utah (1934-1937) and Brigham Young University (1937-1943 and 1946-). Beck was trained at Brigham Young University and received a PhD from Iowa State College (1933). He was a member of the US armed forces from 1943 to 1946. See Tanner 1948 for more biographical details. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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 - get paper here
  • McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp.
  • McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here
  • Shea, Glenn M.; Wallach, Van 2000. Reexamination of an anomalous distribution: resurrection of Ramphotyphlops becki (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Pacific Science 54(1):70-74
  • Tanner, V. M. 1948. Pacific Islands Herpetology No. I. Mariana Islands. Great Basin Naturalist 9 (1-2): 1-20 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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