Rhinotyphlops schinzi

Rhinotyphlops schinzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

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

Name

• Rhinotyphlops schinzi (Boettger, 1887)

Lectotype: SMF 16665 (formerly SMF-B 7047, 1a), collected by H. Schinz between 1884–1885. [designated by Mertens (1922: 178)]

Type locality: “Noi Xas bei Ghanze, Nord-Kalahari”.

Combinations

• Typhlops (Onychocephalus) schinzi Boettger, 1887: 154 [original combination]
• Rhinotyphlops schinzi — Roux-Estève, 1974: 186 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1887. Zweiter Beitrag zur Herpetologie Südwest- und Südafrikas. Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main 1887: 135–173. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhinotyphlops schinzi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Schinz’s Beaked Blind Snake