Rhinophis oxyrhynchus

Schneider's Earth Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species: R. oxyrhynchus
Binomial name
Rhinophis oxyrhynchus
(Schneider, 1801)

Schneider's Earth Snake Rhinophis oxyrhynchus is a species of snake endemic to Sri Lanka. It is found in the northern and eastern provinces, Mullaitivu; Vavoniya; Trincomalee.[1]

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]

Notes

  1. ^ Bamaradeniya, Channa N.B. The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research and Conservation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IUCN, 2006. 163.

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

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