Rhinotyphlops boylei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
Species: | R. boylei
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Binomial name | |
Rhinotyphlops boylei (
FitzSimons, 1932)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake, [3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [4] [5] The species is native to southern Africa. [3]
The specific name, boylei, is in honor of "A. M. Boyle, Esq.", who collected the holotype. [2]
Indigenous to southern Africa, R. boylei is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana. [3]
Dorsally, R. boylei is olive-brown, the scales light-edged. Ventrally, it is pale yellow.
Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22 cm (8+1⁄2 in).
The scales are arranged in 26-28 rows around the body. There are more than 300 dorsal scales in the vertebral row. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of R. boylei is sandveld, [3] at altitudes of 1,000–1,400 m (3,300–4,600 ft). [1]
Rhinotyphlops boylei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Rhinotyphlops |
Species: | R. boylei
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Binomial name | |
Rhinotyphlops boylei (
FitzSimons, 1932)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake, [3] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [4] [5] The species is native to southern Africa. [3]
The specific name, boylei, is in honor of "A. M. Boyle, Esq.", who collected the holotype. [2]
Indigenous to southern Africa, R. boylei is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana. [3]
Dorsally, R. boylei is olive-brown, the scales light-edged. Ventrally, it is pale yellow.
Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22 cm (8+1⁄2 in).
The scales are arranged in 26-28 rows around the body. There are more than 300 dorsal scales in the vertebral row. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of R. boylei is sandveld, [3] at altitudes of 1,000–1,400 m (3,300–4,600 ft). [1]