| Rhinotyphlops | |
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| Rhinotyphlops lalandei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Afrotyphlopinae |
| Genus: | Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 |
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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. Some species formerly assigned to the genus Rhinotyphlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops and Letheobia.
Species
| Species | Taxon author | Subsp.* | Common name |
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| R. ataeniatus | (Boulenger, 1912) | 0 | |
| R. boylei | (FitzSimons, 1932) | 0 | Boyle's beaked blind snake |
| R. lalandei | (Schlegel, 1839) | 0 | Delalande's beaked blind snake |
| R. leucocephalus | (Parker, 1930) | 0 | |
| R. schinzi | (Boettger, 1887) | 0 | Schinz's beaked blind snake |
| R. scorteccii | (Gans & Laurent, 1965) | 0 | Scortecci's blind snake |
| R. unitaeniatus | (W. Peters, 1878) | 0 |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
) Type species.
References
- ^ 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 ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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).
- Species Rhinotyphlops scorteccii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
External links
- Rhinotyphlops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.
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