Rhinotyphlops 

Rhinotyphlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms
  • Rhinotyphlops - Fitzinger, 1843
  • Onychocephalus - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Onychophis - Gray, 1845
  • Letheobia - Cope, 1869
  • Grypotyphlops - Peters, 1881
  • Gryptotyphlops - Boulenger, 18931

Common names: (none).

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

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Geographic range

Found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Middle East and India.1

Species

Species2 Taxon author2 Subsp.*2 Common name Geographic range
R. acutus (Duméril & Bibron, 1844) 0 Beak nosed worm snake
R. anomalus (Bocage, 1873) 0
R. ataeniatus (Boulenger, 1912) 0
R. boylei (FitzSimons, 1932) 0
R. caecus (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 (Witte, 1953) 0
R. lalandeiT (Schlegel, 1839) 0
R. leucocephalus (Parker, 1930) 0
R. lumbriciformis (Peters, 1874) 0
R. newtonii (Bocage, 1890) 0
R. pallidus (Cope, 1869) 0
R. praeocularis (Stejneger, 1894) 0
R. rufescens (Chabanaud, 1916) 0
R. schinzi (Boettger, 1887) 0
R. schlegelii (Bianconi, 1847) 3
R. scorteccii (Gans & Laurent, 1965) 0
R. simoni (Boettger, 1879) 0
R. somalicus (Boulenger, 1895) 0
R. stejnegeri (Loveridge, 1931) 0
R. sudanensis (Schmidt, 1923) 0
R. unitaeniatus (Peters, 1878) 0
R. wittei Wilhelm Roux-Estève, 1974 0

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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).
  2. ^ a b c d Rhinotyphlops (TSN 634397). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 29 August 2007.

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