Rhinotyphlops boylei
| Rhinotyphlops boylei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
| Species: | R. boylei |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinotyphlops boylei (FitzSimons, 1932) | |
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Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake,[2] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[3][4] It is endemic to Southern Africa.[5]
Geographic range
It is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana.[5]
Description
Dorsum olive-brown, the scales light-edged. Ventrum pale yellow.
Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22 cm (8½ inches).
Scales arranged in 26-28 rows. More than 300 dorsal scales in vertebral row.[5]
Habitat
It prefers sandveld.[5]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. p. 53.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Branch, 2004.
Further reading
FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15 (1): 35-40.