Rhinotyphlops scortecci

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 scortecci

Name

• Rhinotyphlops scortecci (Gans & Laurent in Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965)

Holotype: MCZ R-74455, collected by C. Gans on 25 July 1961.

Type locality: “10km south of Afgoí (40 km south of Mogadiscio), on sand dune road to Merca, Benadir Province, Somali Republic”.

Combinations

• Typhlops scorteccii Gans & Laurent, 1965: 56 [original combination]
• Rhinotyphlops scortecci — Roux-Estève, 1965: 246 [subsequent combination]
• Letheobia scortecci — Broadley & Wallach, 2007: 57 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gans, C. & Laurent, R.F. 1965. Snakes. Pp. 47–70 in Gans, C., Laurent, R.F. & Pandit, H. (eds.). Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale Tervuren. Annales. 8th Série. Sciences zoologiques vol. 134. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhinotyphlops scortecci. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Scortecci’s Blind-snake