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Rhinotyphlops
Sign in to saveRhinotyphlops 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
Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyTyphlopidae
尖鼻盲蛇屬（學名：Rhinotyphlops）是蛇亞目盲蛇科下的一個屬，主要分布於非洲、中東地區及印度。目前共有28個品種已被確認。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, LSUMZ, KU, CAS, TCWC, USNM
- Recorded in
- Dr Congo, Zambia, Cameroon, Niger, Zimbabwe, Sao Tome And Principe, Kenya, RéPublique Centrafricaine
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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== {|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;" !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subsp.* !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name |- |R. ataeniatus |(Boulenger, 1912) |align="center"|0 | |- |R. boylei |(FitzSimons, 1932) |align="center"|0 |Boyle's beaked blind snake |- |R. lalandeiT |(Schlegel, 1839) |align="center"|0 |Delalande's beaked blind snake |- |R. leucocephalus |(Parker, 1930) |align="center"|0 | |- |R. schinzi |(Boettger, 1887) |align="center"|0 |Schinz's beaked blind snake |- |R. scorteccii |(Gans & Laurent, 1965) |align="center"|0 |Scortecci's blind snake |- |R. unitaeniatus |(W. Peters, 1878) |align="center"|0 | |- |} ) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.
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