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Rhinotyphlops
''Rhinotyphlops'' is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is found in Africa, the Middle East, and India. Some species formerly assigned to the genus ''Rhinotyphlops'' have been moved to the genera ''Afrotyphlops'' and ''Letheobia''. Species ''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.'' ) Type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen .... References External links * Typhlopidae Snake genera Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Scolecophidia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Lalandei
''Rhinotyphlops lalandei'', known commonly as Delalande's beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''lalandei'', is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande. Description ''R. lalandei'' is a slender, pinkish-grey, blind snake, which has a pointed nose that it uses for burrowing. It may attain a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of . The scales are arranged in 26-30 rows around the body. There are more than 300 dorsal scales in the vertebral row. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. . (''Rhinotyphlops lalandei'', p. 53 + Plate 39). The nostrils are located below the sharp horizontal cutting edge of the snout. The diameter of the body goes 35 to 50 times into the total length. The tail is as broad as long, or broader than long, ending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Scorteccii
''Rhinotyphlops scorteccii'', commonly known as Scortecci's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is endemic to Somalia. Etymology The specific name, ''scorteccii'', is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci (1898-1973).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Letheobia scorteccii'', ''Rhinotyphlops scorteccii'', p. 240). Reproduction ''R. scorteccii'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Schinzi
''Rhinotyphlops schinzi'', commonly known as Schinz's beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). Etymology The specific name, ''schinzi'', is in honor of "Herr Dr. Hans Schinz", who collected the first specimens in 1884 and 1885 in the Kalahari Desert. He should not be confused with Swiss naturalist Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1861). Geographic range ''R. schinzi'' is found from Namibia and neighboring Botswana south to Calvinia and Kenhardt in Northern Cape, South Africa. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. . (''Rhinotyphlops schinzi'', pp. 53-54 + Plate 39). Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Boylei
''Rhinotyphlops boylei'', commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake, Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. . p. 53. is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is native to southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''boylei'', is in honor of "A. M. Boyle, Esq.", who collected the holotype. Geographic range Indigenous to southern Africa, ''R. boylei'' is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana. Description Dorsally, ''R. boylei'' is olive-brown, the scales light-edged. Ventrally, it is pale yellow. Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of . The scales are arranged in 26-28 rows around the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Ataeniatus
''Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus'' is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa. Geographic range ''R. ataeniatus'' is found in eastern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti .... References Further reading * Boulenger GA (1912). "''Missione per la Frontiera Italo-Etiopica sotto il commando del Capitano Carlo Citerni - Risultati zoologici'' - list of the Reptiles and Batrachians". ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'', Third Series, 5: 329–332. (''Typhlops u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letheobia
''Letheobia'' is a genus of Scolecophidia, blind snakes in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae.Van Wallach, Wallach, Van (2005) "''Letheobia pauwelsi'', a new species of blindsnake from Gabon (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)." ''African Journal of Herpetology'' 54 (1): 85-91. Geographic range The genus is Endemism, endemic to Africa. Taxonomy In 1869, the genus ''Letheobia'' was established by Edward Drinker Cope based primarily on two specimens of ''Letheobia pallida'' from Zanzibar, but later also including ''Letheobia caeca'' (originally ''Onychocephalus cæcus'' Auguste Duméril, Duméril, 1856) from Gabon. Wilhelm Peters, in 1874 when describing ''Onychocephalus lumbriciformis'' from Zanzibar and in 1878 ''Typhlops unitaeniatus'' from Kenya, considered ''Letheobia'' to be a subgenus. Nonetheless, in 1881, Peters selected ''Letheobia caeca'' Duméril as the type species for the genus. In 1883, George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger decided that at best ''Letheobia'' was a subgenus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Leucocephalus
''Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus'' is a species of snakes in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). It is endemic to Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ....The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. References Further reading * Parker, H.W. 1930. Three new Reptiles from Somaliland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10, Volume 6, pp. 603–606. Endemic fauna of Somalia Typhlopidae Reptiles described in 1930 {{Scolecophidia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinotyphlops Unitaeniatus
''Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus'', commonly known as the yellow-striped blind snake or the Kenya beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). It is endemic to Africa. Geographic range It is found in eastern Kenya, Somalia, and northeastern Tanzania. Description Dorsum black, with a yellow vertebral stripe, which is three scale rows wide. Venter black. The lips, the ventral surface of the snout, and a stripe on the rostral are all brownish yellow. Total length . Scales arranged in 25 rows around the body at midbody, in 27 rows anteriorly. Snout very prominent, hooked, with a sharp horizontal edge, below which are located the nostrils. Rostral very large, extending posteriorly far beyond the eyes. Nasal extending over the eye, in contact with the small ocular. One preocular and one subocular. Eyes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 they have no use for vision, their eyes are mostly vestigial. They have light-detecting black eye spots, and teeth occur in the upper jaw. Typhlopids do not have dislocatable lower jaw articulations restricting them to prey smaller than their oral aperture. The tail ends with a horn-like scale. Most of these species are oviparous. Currently, 18 genera are recognized containing over 200 species. Geographic range They are found in most tropical and many subtropical regions all over the world, particularly in Africa, Asia, islands in the Pacific, tropical America, and southeastern Europe. Fossil record Possible Typhlopid skin has been identified in Dominican amber. Genera Type genus Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrotyphlops
''Afrotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae. Distribution The 28 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa. Species The following species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. * Angola blind snake (''Afrotyphlops angolensis'' ) * Angolan giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops anomalus'' ) * Bibron's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops bibronii'' ) * Blanford's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops blanfordii'' ) * Somali giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops brevis'' ) *Calabresi's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops calabresii'' ) * Chirio's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops chirioi'' ) * Blotched blind snake (''Afrotyphlops congestus'' ) * Wedge-snouted blind snake (''Afrotyphlops cuneirostris'' ) * Elegant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops elegans'' ) * Fornasini's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops fornasinii'' ) * Gierra's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops gierrai'' ) * Kaimosi blind snake (''Afrotyphlops kaimosae'' ) * Liberian blind snake (''Afrotyphlops liberiensis'' ) * Lined bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |