Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus

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 unitaeniatus

Name

Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus (Peters, 1878)

Holotype: ZMB 9246, collected by J.M. Hildebrandt between 1872–1878.

Type locality: “Districten von Taita, Kenia”.

Combinations

• Typhlops (Letheobia) unitaeniatus Peters, 1878: 205 [original combination]
• Typhlops unitaeniatus — Boulenger, 1893: 55 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — Roux-Estève, 1974: 241 [subsequent combination]
• Letheobia unitaeniata — Broadley & Wallach, 2007: 55 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1878. Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt während seiner letzten ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878: 194–209. BHL
• 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 unitaeniatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Kenya Beaked Blind Snake