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Ramphotyphlops braminus  (Daudin, 1803)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174341

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Rhamphotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803)
  
  Common Name(s): Brahminy Blind Snake [English]
  
    Brahminy Blindsnake [English]
  
    Serpiente-ciega de Braminy [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
             OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 -- Amphisbaenians, amphisbènes, lézards, Lizards, serpents, Snakes  
                SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 -- cobra, serpente, serpents, Snakes  
                   InfraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864  
                      FamilyTyphlopidae Merrem, 1820 -- Blind Snakes, Blindsnakes, Typical Blind Snakes  
                         GenusRamphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 -- Long Tailed Blindsnakes, Long-tailed Blind Snakes  
                            SpeciesRamphotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) -- Brahminy Blind Snake, Brahminy Blindsnake, Serpiente-ciega de Braminy  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Ramphotyphlops braminus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Ramphotyphlops braminus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ramphotyphlops braminus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Ramphotyphlops braminus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ramphotyphlops braminus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ramphotyphlops braminus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    North America  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Native & Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
    Mexico, Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Banks et al. (2004) note: Within the Central Pacific Territories Ramphotyphlops braminus is native to the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, but introduced to the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and Palau Islands  
 

 

    

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