Rhinotyphlops

Rhinotyphlops
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms
Rhinotyphlops - Fitzinger, 1843 Onychocephalus - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Onychophis - Gray, 1845 Letheobia - Cope, 1869 Grypotyphlops - Peters, 1881 Gryptotyphlops - Boulenger, 1893[1]

Common names: (none).

Rhinotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Africa, the Middle East and India. Currently, 28 species are recognized.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Middle East and India.^[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Subsp.*[2]	Common name	Geographic range
R. acutus	(Duméril & Bibron, 1844)	0	Beak nosed worm snake
R. anomalus	(Bocage, 1873)	0
R. ataeniatus	(Boulenger, 1912)	0
R. boylei	(FitzSimons, 1932)	0
R. caecus	(Duméril, 1856)	0
R. crossii	(Boulenger, 1893)	0
R. debilis	Joger, 1990	0
R. erythraeus	(Scortecci, 1928)	0
R. feae	(Boulenger, 1906)	0
R. gracilis	(Sternfeld, 1910)	0
R. graueri	(Sternfeld, 1912)	0
R. kibarae	(Witte, 1953)	0
R. lalandeiT	(Schlegel, 1839)	0
R. leucocephalus	(Parker, 1930)	0
R. lumbriciformis	(Peters, 1874)	0
R. newtonii	(Bocage, 1890)	0
R. pallidus	(Cope, 1869)	0
R. praeocularis	(Stejneger, 1894)	0
R. rufescens	(Chabanaud, 1916)	0
R. schinzi	(Boettger, 1887)	0
R. schlegelii	(Bianconi, 1847)	3
R. scorteccii	(Gans & Laurent, 1965)	0
R. simoni	(Boettger, 1879)	0
R. somalicus	(Boulenger, 1895)	0
R. stejnegeri	(Loveridge, 1931)	0
R. sudanensis	(Schmidt, 1923)	0
R. unitaeniatus	(Peters, 1878)	0
R. wittei	Wilhelm Roux-Estève, 1974	0

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

See also

• List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
• Typhlopidae by common name.
• Typhlopidae by taxonomic synonyms.

References

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

External links

• Rhinotyphlops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.