Rhinophis
| Rhinophis | |
|---|---|
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| Bloody-bellied earth snake, R. sanguineus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Uropeltidae |
| Genus: | Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 |
| Synonyms | |
- Common names: (none).
Rhinophis is a genus of nonvenomous shield tail snakes found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Currently, 16 species of sheildtails were recognized with no subspecies are recognized.[2] From 16 species, 12 are endemic to Sri Lanka, while 4 are endemic to India.
Geographic range
Found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Species
| Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. blythii | Kelaart, 1853 | Blyth's earth snake | Sri Lanka in the hills of Central (Hatton and Pundluoya), Uva, Sabaragamuwa (Balangoda) and Southern Provinces. |
| R. dorsimaculatus | Deraniyagala, 1941 | polka-dot earth snake[3] | Sri Lanka. Known only from the type locality in North Western Province. |
| R. drummondhayi | Wall, 1921 | Drummond-Hay's earth snake | Sri Lanka in the Hills of Central and Uva Provinces (Haldumulla, Nanunukula and Uva Patnas at 1,200 m elevation). |
| R. erangaviraji | Wickramasinghe et. al., 2009 | Eranga Viraj's earth snake | Sri Lanka. |
| R. fergusonianus | Boulenger, 1896 | Cardamom Hills earth snake | Southern India in the Western Ghats: Cardamom Hills, Travancore. |
| R. goweri | Aengals & Ganesh, 2013 | Gower's earth snake[3] | Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu in Bodha Malai Hills of Namakkal district. |
| R. homolepis | (Hemprich, 1820) | Trevelyan's earth snake[3] | Sri Lanka in the Hills of Sabaragamuwa (Ratnapura, Yatiyantota and Balangoda Hills below 900 m), Central and Uva Provinces. |
| R. lineatus | Gower & Maduwage, 2011[4] | striped Rhinophis | Sri Lanka |
| R. oxyrynchusT | (Schneider, 1801) | Schneider's earth snake | Sri Lanka in the dry zone of Northern, Central and Eastern Provinces. |
| R. philippinus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Peter's earth snake | Sri Lanka in the Hills of Sabaragamuwa and Central Provinces. |
| R. porrectus | Wall, 1921 | Willey's earth snake | Sri Lanka. Known only from the type locality in North Western Province. |
| R. punctatus | J.P. Müller, 1832 | Müller's earth snake | Sri Lanka in Central (Kandy, Peradeniya) and Western Provinces (Puttalam). |
| R. sanguineus | Beddome, 1863 | salty earth snake | Southern India in the Western Ghats: Mysore (Koppa, Kalsa), Wynaad, Nilgiris, Travancore and Tinnevelly Hills. |
| R. travancoricus | Boulenger, 1893 | Travancore shieldtail | Southern India: Travancore, from sea level to an elevation of about 1,200 m in the hills. In Trivandrum, Peermade, Mahendragiri, Ernakulam and Chenganacherry. |
| R. tricolorata | Deraniyagala, 1975 | Sri Lanka. Known only from the type locality: "vicinity of the rain forest of Sinha Raja to the south west of Ratnapura at an elevation of 1,500 feet with a rainfall of over 200 inches per annum. | |
| R. zigzag | Gower & Maduwage, 2011[4] | zigzag Rhinophis | Sri Lanka |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]
See also
- List of uropeltid species and subspecies
- Uropeltidae by common name
- Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- 1 2 3 4 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).
- 1 2 3 "Rhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- 1 2 3 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 Gower, D.J. & Maduwage, K. (2011). "Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka." Zootaxa 2881: 51-68.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rhinophis. |
- Rhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.
Aengals, R.; S. R. Ganesh 2013. Rhinophis goweri — A New Species of Shieldtail Snake from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (1): 61-65
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