Rhinophis
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species (26):
R. blythii –
R. dinarzardae –
R. dorsimaculatus –
R. drummondhayi –
R. erangaviraji –
R. fergusonianus –
R. goweri –
R. gunasekarai –
R. homolepis –
R. karinthandani –
R. lineatus –
R. martin –
R. melanogaster –
R. melanoleucus –
R. mendisi –
R. oxyrhynchus –
R. philippinus –
R. phillipsi –
R. porrectus –
R. punctatus –
R. roshanpererai –
R. saffragamus –
R. sanguineus –
R. travancoricus –
R. tricoloratus –
R. zigzag
Name
Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820: 119
- Type species: Anguis oxyrynchus Schneider, 1801, by subsequent designation by Wagler (1830: 195).
Synonyms
- Pseudotyphlops Schlegel, 1839: 40
- Type species: Uropeltis philippinus Müller, 1832, by subsequent designation of Smith (1943: 93).
- Dapatnaya Kelaart, 1853: 107
- Type species: Dapatnaya lankadivana Kelaart, 1853, by subsequent designation of Smith (1943: 87).
- Mitylia Gray, 1858: 261
- Type species: Mitylia gerrardi Gray, 1858, by monotypy.
- Crealia Gray, 1858: 264
- Type species: Mytilia melanogaster Gray, 1858, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
- Hemprich, W. 1820. Grundriss der Naturgeschichte fur hohere Lehranstalten. August Rücker: Berlin. 432 pp.
- Kelaart, E.F. 1853. Description of new or little-known species of reptiles found in Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 2(6): 102–116. BHL Reference page.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF
Reference page.
Additional references
- Gower, D.J. & Maduwage, K. 2011. Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2881(1): 51–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2881.1.4 Reference page.
- Gower, D.J. & Wickramsinghe, L.J.M. 2016. Recharacterization of Rhinophis dorsimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1941 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), including description of new material. Zootaxa 4158(2): 203–212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.3. Reference page.
- Wickramasinghe, Mendis L.J., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Rajeev, M.D.G. & Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the central hills of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4263(1): 153–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.7. Reference page.
- Gower, D.J. 2020. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4810(3): 495–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.6
Reference page. - Cyriac, V.P., Narayanan, S., Sampaio, F.L., Umesh, P. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India. Zootaxa 4778(2): 329–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5 Reference page.
- Sampaio, F.L., Narayanan, S., Cyriac, V.P., Venu, G. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zootaxa 4881(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1 Reference page.
- Wickramasinghe, J.L.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Wickramasinghe, N. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Uropeltidae), from cloud forest of the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4810(1): 65–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.3 Reference page.
- Gower, D.J., Sampaio, F.L., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2024. Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5458(3): 332–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.3.2 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Rhinophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
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