Rhinotyphlops
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Rhinotyphlops lalandei.jpg
| image_caption = Rhinotyphlops lalandei
| taxon = Rhinotyphlops
| authority = Fitzinger, 1843
| synonyms = *Rhinotyphlops
{{small|Fitzinger, 1843}}
- Onychocephalus
{{small|A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844}} - Onychophis
{{small|Gray, 1845}}
| synonyms_ref = 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).
}}
Rhinotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is found in Africa, the Middle East, and India.{{ITIS|id=634397|taxon=Rhinotyphlops |accessdate=29 August 2007}} Some species formerly assigned to the genus Rhinotyphlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops and Letheobia.
Species
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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name |
R. ataeniatus
|(Boulenger, 1912) |align="center"|0 | |
R. boylei
|(FitzSimons, 1932) |align="center"|0 |Boyle's beaked blind snakeBranch, 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). |
R. lalandeiT
|(Schlegel, 1839) |align="center"|0 |
R. leucocephalus
|(Parker, 1930) |align="center"|0 | |
R. schinzi
|(Boettger, 1887) |align="center"|0 |
R. scorteccii
|align="center"|0 |Scortecci's blind snake{{EMBL species|genus=Rhinotyphlops|species=scorteccii}} www.reptile-database.org. |
R. unitaeniatus
|(W. Peters, 1878) |align="center"|0 | |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.
References
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External links
- {{NRDB genus|genus=Rhinotyphlops|date=29 August|year=2007}}
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Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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