Ramphotyphlops becki, also known as Beck's blind snake, is a species of blind snake that is endemic to the Solomon Islands. The specific epithet becki honours zoologist D. Elden Beck of Brigham Young University, collector of the holotype.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Ramphotyphlops |
| Species: | R. becki
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphotyphlops becki (Tanner, 1948)
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Behaviour
editDistribution
editThe type locality is Guadalcanal.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ramphotyphlops becki (TANNER, 1948)". Reptile Database. Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann. Retrieved 13 June 2021.