Rhinotyphlops boylei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species: Rhinotyphlops boylei

Name

Rhinotyphlops boylei (FitzSimons, 1932)

• Holotype: TM 14695 (formerly VLKE 805), ♂, collected by A.M. Boyle on 28 April 1930.
• Type locality: “Gemsbok Pan, Ghanzi District”, South Africa.

Combinations

• Typhlops boylei FitzSimons, 1932: 38 [original combination]
• Rhinotyphlops boylei — Marais, 2004: 280 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary description 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. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_617 Reference page. 

Links

• Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L. & Farooq, H. 2021. IUCN: Rhinotyphlops boylei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22473415A22473422. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T22473415A22473422.en. Accessed on 29 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Boyle's Beaked Blind Snake