Rhinophis

Rhinophis
Salty earth snake, R. sanguineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Uropeltidae
Genus:	Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820
Synonyms
Rhinophis - Hemprich, 1820 Dapatnaya - Kelaart, 1853 Mitylia - Gray, 1858 Mytilia - Gray, 1858 Morina - Gray, 1858[1]

Common names: (none).

Rhinophis is a genus of non-venomous shield tail snakes found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Currently, 14 species are recognized and no subspecies.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in southern India and Sri Lanka.^[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
R. blythii	Kelaart, 1853	Blyth's earth snake	Sri Lanka in the hills of Central (Hatton and Pundluoya), Uva, Sabaragamuwa (Balangoda) and Southern Provinces.
R. dorsimaculatus	Deraniyagala, 1941		Sri Lanka. Known only from the type locality in North Western Province.
R. drummondhayi	Wall, 1921	Drummond-Hay's earth snake	Sri Lanka in the Hills of Central and Uva Provinces (Haldumulla, Nanunukula and Uva Patnas at 1,200 m elevation).
R. fergusonianus	Boulenger, 1896	Cardamom Hills earth snake	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Cardamom Hills, Travancore.
R. homolepis	(Hemprich, 1820)		Sri Lanka in the Hills of Sabaragamuwa (Ratnapura, Yatiyantota and Balangoda Hills below 900 m), Central and Uva Provinces.
R. lineatus	Gower & Maduwage, 2011[3]	Striped Rhinophis	Sri Lanka
R. oxyrynchusT	(Schneider, 1801)	Schneider's earth snake	Sri Lanka in the dry zone of Northern, Central and Eastern Provinces.
R. philippinus	(Cuvier, 1829)	Peter's earth snake	Sri Lanka in the Hills of Sabaragamuwa and Central Provinces.
R. porrectus	Wall, 1921	Willey's earth snake	Sri Lanka. Known only from the type locality in North Western Province.
R. punctatus	Müller, 1832	Müller's earth snake	Sri Lanka in Central (Kandy, Peradeniya) and Western Provinces (Puttalam).
R. sanguineus	Beddome, 1863	Salty earth snake	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Mysore (Koppa, Kalsa), Wynaad, Nilgiris, Travancore and Tinnevelly Hills.
R. travancoricus	Boulenger, 1893	Travancore shieldtail	Southern India: Travancore, from sea level to an elevation of about 1,200 m in the hills. In Trivandrum, Pirmed, Mahendragiri, Ernakulam and Chenganacherry.
R. tricolorata	Deraniyagala, 1975		Sri Lanka. Known only from the type locality: "vicinity of the rain forest of Sinha Raja to the south west of Ratnapura at an elevation of 1,500 feet with a rainfall of over 200 inches per annum.
R. zigzag	Gower & Maduwage, 2011[3]	Zigzag Rhinophis	Sri Lanka

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

See also

• List of uropeltid species and subspecies
• Uropeltidae by common name
• Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} 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} "Rhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634404. Retrieved 1 September 2007. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Gower, D.J. & Maduwage, K. (2011). "Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka." Zootaxa 2881: 51-68.

External links

• Rhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.