Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2019.