Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species: R. lalandei
Binomial name
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
(Schlegel, 1839)

Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Delalandei's Beaked Blind Snake) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.

This slender, pinkish-grey, blind snake has a pointed nose that it uses for burrowing. It occurs throughout the eastern half of southern Africa, as far south as Cape Town and with isolated populations in western parts such as Namibia. [1][2]

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634397. Retrieved 29 August 2007. 


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