Rhinotyphlops

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}

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| image = Rhinotyphlops lalandei.jpg

| image_caption = Rhinotyphlops lalandei

| taxon = Rhinotyphlops

| authority = Fitzinger, 1843

| synonyms = *Rhinotyphlops
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| 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).

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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"|Species

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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name

R. ataeniatus

|(Boulenger, 1912)

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R. boylei

|(FitzSimons, 1932)

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|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)

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|Delalande's beaked blind snake

R. leucocephalus

|(Parker, 1930)

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R. schinzi

|(Boettger, 1887)

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|Schinz's beaked blind snake

R. scorteccii

|(Gans & Laurent, 1965)

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|Scortecci's blind snake{{EMBL species|genus=Rhinotyphlops|species=scorteccii}} www.reptile-database.org.

R. unitaeniatus

|(W. Peters, 1878)

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*) Not including the nominate subspecies.

T) Type species.

References

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