Rhinotyphlops
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- Common names: (none).
Rhinotyphlops is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of blind snake
Typhlopidae
The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel like burrowing structure. They live underground in burrows, and since...
s found in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Currently, 28 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
are recognized.
Species
| Species | Taxon author | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. acutus Rhinotyphlops acutus Rhinotyphlops acutus is a harmless blind snake species endemic to peninsular India. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:... |
(Duméril & Bibron Gabriel Bibron Gabriel Bibron was a French zoologist. He was born in Paris. Son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. He classified a number of reptile species with André Marie Constant... , 1844) |
0 | Beak nosed worm snake | |
| R. anomalus Rhinotyphlops anomalus Rhinotyphlops anomalus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Bocage José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs... , 1873) |
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| R. ataeniatus Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Boulenger George Albert Boulenger George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:... , 1912) |
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| R. boylei Rhinotyphlops boylei Rhinotyphlops boylei is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(FitzSimons, 1932) | 0 | ||
| R. caecus Rhinotyphlops caecus Rhinotyphlops caecus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Duméril, 1856) | 0 | ||
| R. crossii Rhinotyphlops crossii Rhinotyphlops crossii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Boulenger, 1893) | 0 | ||
| R. debilis Rhinotyphlops debilis Rhinotyphlops debilis is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
Joger, 1990 | 0 | ||
| R. erythraeus Rhinotyphlops erythraeus Rhinotyphlops erythraeus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Scortecci, 1928) | 0 | ||
| R. feae Rhinotyphlops feae Rhinotyphlops feae is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Boulenger, 1906) | 0 | ||
| R. gracilis Rhinotyphlops gracilis Rhinotyphlops gracilis is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Sternfeld, 1910) | 0 | ||
| R. graueri Rhinotyphlops graueri Rhinotyphlops graueri is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Sternfeld, 1912) | 0 | ||
| R. kibarae Rhinotyphlops kibarae Rhinotyphlops kibarae is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Witte, 1953) | 0 | ||
| R. lalandei Rhinotyphlops lalandei Rhinotyphlops lalandei 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... T |
(Schlegel Hermann Schlegel Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history... , 1839) |
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| R. leucocephalus Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Parker, 1930) | 0 | ||
| R. lumbriciformis Rhinotyphlops lumbriciformis Rhinotyphlops lumbriciformis is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Peters Wilhelm Peters Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens... , 1874) |
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| R. newtonii Rhinotyphlops newtonii Rhinotyphlops newtonii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Bocage, 1890) | 0 | ||
| R. pallidus Rhinotyphlops pallidus Rhinotyphlops pallidus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Cope Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen... , 1869) |
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| R. praeocularis Rhinotyphlops praeocularis Rhinotyphlops praeocularis is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Stejneger Leonhard Hess Stejneger Leonhard Hess Stejneger was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians.... , 1894) |
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| R. rufescens Rhinotyphlops rufescens Rhinotyphlops rufescens is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Chabanaud, 1916) | 0 | ||
| R. schinzi Rhinotyphlops schinzi Rhinotyphlops schinzi is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Boettger Oskar Boettger Oskar Boettger was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger .... , 1887) |
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| R. schlegelii Rhinotyphlops schlegelii Rhinotyphlops schlegelii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Bianconi, 1847) | 3 | ||
| R. scorteccii Rhinotyphlops scorteccii Rhinotyphlops scorteccii is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Gans & Laurent, 1965) | 0 | ||
| R. simoni Rhinotyphlops simoni Rhinotyphlops simoni is a blind snake species found in the Middle East. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:Found in Israel, Jordan and Syria. The type locality given is "Haiffa, Syriae"... |
(Boettger, 1879) | 0 | ||
| R. somalicus Rhinotyphlops somalicus Rhinotyphlops somalicus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Boulenger, 1895) | 0 | ||
| R. stejnegeri Rhinotyphlops stejnegeri Rhinotyphlops stejnegeri is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Loveridge, 1931) | 0 | ||
| R. sudanensis Rhinotyphlops sudanensis Rhinotyphlops sudanensis is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Schmidt Karl Patterson Schmidt Karl Patterson Schmidt was an American herpetologist.-Biography:Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. Schmidt's father was a German professor who, at the time of Schmidt's birth, was teaching in Lake Forest, Illinois. His family left the city in 1907 and settled... , 1923) |
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| R. unitaeniatus Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
(Peters, 1878) | 0 | ||
| R. wittei Rhinotyphlops wittei Rhinotyphlops wittei is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.... |
Wilhelm Roux-Estève, 1974 | 0 | ||
- ) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
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