Rhinoleptus

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: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Rhinoleptus
Species: R. koniagui – R. parkeri

Name

Rhinoleptus Orejas-Miranda, Roux-Estève & Guibé, 1970

Type species. Typhlops koniagui Villers, 1956, by monotypy.

References

• Orejas-Miranda, B.R., Roux-Estève, M.R. & Guibé, J. 1970: Un nouveau genre de Leptotyphlopides (Ophidia) Rhinoleptus koniagui (Villiers). Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, 10: 1–4.
• Solny A. Adalsteinsson, William R. Branch , Sébastien Trape , Laurie J. Vitt & S. Blair Hedges 2009: Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata) Zootaxa, 2244: 1–50. pdf

Vernacular names

English: Villier's Blind Snake