Rhinotyphlops

Rhinotyphlops
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms

Rhinotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Africa, the Middle East and India. Currently, 28 species are recognized.[1][2]

Species

Species[2] Taxon author[2] Subsp.*[2] Common name
R. acutus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) 0 beak-nosed worm snake
R. anomalus (Bocage, 1873) 0
R. ataeniatus (Boulenger, 1912) 0
R. boylei (FitzSimons, 1932) 0 Boyle's beaked blind snake[3]
R. caecus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856) 0
R. crossii (Boulenger, 1893) 0
R. debilis Joger, 1990 0
R. erythraeus (Scortecci, 1928) 0
R. feae (Boulenger, 1906) 0
R. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) 0
R. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) 0
R. kibarae (de Witte, 1953) 0
R. lalandeiT (Schlegel, 1839) 0 Delalande's beaked blind snake[3]
R. leucocephalus (Parker, 1930) 0
R. lumbriciformis (W. Peters, 1874) 0
R. newtonii (Bocage, 1890) 0
R. praeocularis (Stejneger, 1894) 0
R. rufescens (Chabanaud, 1916) 0
R. schinzi (Boettger, 1887) 0 Schinz's beaked blind snake[3]
R. schlegelii (Bianconi, 1847) 3 Schlegel's beaked blind snake[3]
R. scorteccii (Gans & Laurent, 1965) 0 Scortecci's blind snake[4]
R. simoni (Boettger, 1879) 0
R. somalicus (Boulenger, 1895) 0
R. stejnegeri (Loveridge, 1931) 0
R. sudanensis (Schmidt, 1923) 0
R. unitaeniatus (W. Peters, 1878) 0
R. wittei Roux-Estève, 1974 0

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

See also

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 4 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. "Rhinotyphlops scorteccii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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