Rhinotyphlops

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Rhinotyphlops
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Rhinotyphlops lalandei
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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 .

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Species

Species [2] Taxon author [2] Subsp.* [2] Common name
R. ataeniatus (Boulenger, 1912)0
R. boylei (FitzSimons, 1932)0Boyle's beaked blind snake [3]
R. lalandei T(Schlegel, 1839)0Delalande's beaked blind snake [3]
R. leucocephalus (Parker, 1930)0
R. schinzi (Boettger, 1887)0Schinz's beaked blind snake [3]
R. scorteccii (Gans & Laurent, 1965)0Scortecci's blind snake [4]
R. unitaeniatus (W. Peters, 1878)0

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

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Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

The Gabon beaked snake is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is known from Gabon, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana. However, the identity of different populations is not fully clear.

Cross's beaked snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to West Africa.

The feeble gracile blind snake is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.

The St. Thomas beaked snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to the Gulf of Guinea off the western coast of Central Africa.

Letheobia graueri, also known commonly as the Lake Tanganyika gracile blind snake, Grauer's gracile blind snake, Sternfeld's beaked snake, and Grauer's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to central and eastern Africa.

<i>Rhinotyphlops lalandei</i> Species of snake

Rhinotyphlops lalandei, known commonly as Delalande's beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus is a species of snakes in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.

Letheobia lumbriciformis, also known as the Zanzibar gracile blind snake or wormlike beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to East Africa and is known from northeastern Tanzania and from eastern Kenya.

Letheobia newtoni is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.

The Zanzibar beaked snake is a species of blind snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.

The Léopoldville beaked snake is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.

<i>Rhinotyphlops schinzi</i> Species of snake

Rhinotyphlops schinzi, commonly known as Schinz's beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

Rhinotyphlops scorteccii, commonly known as Scortecci's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Stejneger's beaked snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to Middle Africa.

Letheobia sudanensis, also known as the Garamba gracile blind snake or Sudan baked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.

Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus, commonly known as the yellow-striped blind snake or the Kenya beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.

Letheobia wittei, also known commonly as De Witte's gracile blind snake or Witte's beaked snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Schmidt's blind snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Central and Southern Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 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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