Rhinophis oxyrhynchus
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| Rhinophis oxyrhynchus (Schneider, 1801) |
Schneider's Earth Snake Rhinophis oxyrhynchus is a species of snake found in Sri Lanka. It is found in the northern and eastern provinces, Mullaitivu; Vavoniya; Trincomalee.
Type locality: India orientali" [Typhlops oxyrhynchus SCHNEIDER 1801] Type locality: Trincomalie, and [. . .] the Kandyan Province" [Dapatnaya lanka-divana Kelaart] Type locality: Ceylon" [Mytilia (?Rhinophis) unimaculata Gray]
[edit] Further reading
- Beddome,R.H. 1886 An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33.
- Gray,J.E. 1858 On a new genus and several new species of Uropeltidae in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858: 260-265.
- Gray,J.E. 1858 On a new genus and several new species of Uropeltidae in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 2: 376-381
[edit] External links
- Rhinophis oxyrhynchus at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2007.
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