Rhinotyphlops boylei

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 boylei

Name

• Rhinotyphlops boylei (FitzSimons, 1932)

Holotype: TMP 14695 (formerly VLKE 805), ♂, collected by A.M. Boyle on 28 May 1930.

Type locality: “Gemsbok Pan, Ghanzi District”.

Combinations

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

References

Primary references

• 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.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Boyle's Beaked Blind Snake