Rhinotyphlops boylei

Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake,[2] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Southern Africa.[2]

Rhinotyphlops boylei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species:
R. boylei
Binomial name
Rhinotyphlops boylei
(FitzSimons, 1932)
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops boylei
    FitzSimons, 1932
  • Rhinotyphlops boylei
    — Wallach, 1994

Geographic range

R. boylei is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana.[2]

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 22 cm (8 1⁄2 in).

The scales are arranged in 26-28 rows around the body. There are more than 300 dorsal scales in the vertebral row.[2]

Habitat

R. boylei prefers sandveld.[2]

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References
  1. "Rhinotyphlops boylei ". 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. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 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, Volume 1. Wasnington, District of Columbia: 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.

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. (Typhlops boylei, new species).


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