Rhinotyphlops boylei

Rhinotyphlops boylei
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)
Synonyms

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 (8 12 in).

Scales arranged in 26-28 rows. More than 300 dorsal scales in vertebral row.[5]

Habitat

It prefers sandveld.[5]

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 4 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.


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