Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus

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Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species:
R. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus
(Parker, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops leucocephalus Parker, 1930
  • Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus - Roux-Estève, 1974 [1]

Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus is a species of snakes in the Typhlopidae family. [2] [3] It is endemic to Africa. [4]

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References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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