Rhinotyphlops

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Rhinotyphlops
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Subfamily: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms[1]

Rhinotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is found in Africa, the Middle East, and India.[1][2] Some species formerly assigned to the genus Rhinotyphlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops and Letheobia.

Species

Species[2] Taxon author[2] Subsp.*[2] Common name
R. ataeniatus (Boulenger, 1912) 0
R. boylei (FitzSimons, 1932) 0 Boyle's beaked blind snake[3]
R. lalandeiT (Schlegel, 1839) 0 Delalande's beaked blind snake[3]
R. leucocephalus (Parker, 1930) 0
R. schinzi (Boettger, 1887) 0 Schinz's beaked blind snake[3]
R. scorteccii (Gans & Laurent, 1965) 0 Scortecci's blind snake[4]
R. unitaeniatus (W. Peters, 1878) 0

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b c d "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Rhinotyphlops, pp. 53-54).
  4. ^ Species Rhinotyphlops scorteccii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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