Ramphotyphlops becki

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]

Ramphotyphlops becki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Ramphotyphlops
Species:	R. becki
Binomial name
Ramphotyphlops becki (Tanner, 1948)
Synonyms
Typhlops becki Tanner, 1948 Ramphotyphlops becki Shea & Wallach, 2000

Behaviour

The species is oviparous.^[1]

Distribution

The type locality is Guadalcanal.^[1]