Biology:Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus

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Short description: Species of snake

Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species:
R. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus
(Parker, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops leucocephalus Parker, 1930
  • Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus - Roux-Estève, 1974[1]

Rhinotyphlops leucocephalus is a species of snakes in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.[4]

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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).
  3. "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634397. Retrieved 29 August 2007. 
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Parker, H.W. 1930. Three new Reptiles from Somaliland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10, Volume 6, pp. 603–606.

Wikidata ☰ Q3006729 entry