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| Rhinotyphlops |
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| Scientific classification |
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| Synonyms |
- Rhinotyphlops - Fitzinger, 1843
- Onychocephalus - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
- Onychophis - Gray, 1845
- Letheobia - Cope, 1869
- Grypotyphlops - Peters, 1881
- Gryptotyphlops - Boulenger, 1893[1]
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- Common names: (none).
Rhinotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes found in Africa, the Middle East and India. Currently, 28 species are recognized.[2]
[edit] Geographic range
Found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Middle East and India.[1]
[edit] Species
| Species[2] |
Authority[2] |
Subsp.*[2] |
Common name |
Geographic range |
| R. acutus |
(Duméril & Bibron, 1844) |
0 |
Beak nosed worm snake |
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| R. anomalus |
(Bocage, 1873) |
0 |
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| R. ataeniatus |
(Boulenger, 1912) |
0 |
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| R. boylei |
(FitzSimons, 1932) |
0 |
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| R. caecus |
(Duméril, 1856) |
0 |
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| R. crossii |
(Boulenger, 1893) |
0 |
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| R. debilis |
Joger, 1990 |
0 |
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| R. erythraeus |
(Scortecci, 1928) |
0 |
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| R. feae |
(Boulenger, 1906) |
0 |
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| R. gracilis |
(Sternfeld, 1910) |
0 |
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| R. graueri |
(Sternfeld, 1912) |
0 |
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| R. kibarae |
(Witte, 1953) |
0 |
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| R. lalandeiT |
(Schlegel, 1839) |
0 |
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| R. leucocephalus |
(Parker, 1930) |
0 |
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| R. lumbriciformis |
(Peters, 1874) |
0 |
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| R. newtonii |
(Bocage, 1890) |
0 |
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| R. pallidus |
(Cope, 1869) |
0 |
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| R. praeocularis |
(Stejneger, 1894) |
0 |
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| R. rufescens |
(Chabanaud, 1916) |
0 |
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| R. schinzi |
(Boettger, 1887) |
0 |
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| R. schlegelii |
(Bianconi, 1847) |
3 |
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| R. scorteccii |
(Gans & Laurent, 1965) |
0 |
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| R. simoni |
(Boettger, 1879) |
0 |
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| R. somalicus |
(Boulenger, 1895) |
0 |
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| R. stejnegeri |
(Loveridge, 1931) |
0 |
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| R. sudanensis |
(Schmidt, 1923) |
0 |
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| R. unitaeniatus |
(Peters, 1878) |
0 |
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| R. wittei |
Wilhelm Roux-Estève, 1974 |
0 |
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*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]
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