Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus

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 ataeniatus

Name

• Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus (Boulenger, 1912)

Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.1.10.78 (formerly BMNH 1912.6.6.12) and MSNG (2 specimens), collected by C. Citerni between March–July 1911.

Type locality: “Dolo, la frontiera Italo-Etiopica”.

Combinations

• Typhlops unitaeniatus ataeniatus Boulenger, 1912: 331 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Typhlops ataeniatus — Gans & Laurent, 1965: 59 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus ataeniatus — Largen, 1978: 59 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus — Wallach, 1994: 219 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Letheobia ataeniata — Broadley & Wallach, 2007: 56 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1912. Missione per la frontiera Italo—Etiopica sotto il comando del Capitano Carlo Citerni. Risultati zoologici. List of the reptiles and batrachians. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Serie 3, 5: 329–332.
• Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Somali Beaked Blind Snake