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
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Rhinotyphlops
Species: Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus

Name

Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.1.10.78 (formerly BMNH 1912.6.6.12) and MSNG (2 specimens), collected by C. Citerni between March–July 1911.

Type locality: “Dolo, la frontiera Italo-Etiopica”.

Combinations

  • Typhlops unitaeniatus ataeniatus Boulenger, 1912: 331 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Typhlops ataeniatusGans & Laurent, 1965: 59 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
  • Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus ataeniatusLargen, 1978: 59 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Rhinotyphlops ataeniatusWallach, 1994: 219 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
  • Letheobia ataeniataBroadley & Wallach, 2007: 56 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • 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

Vernacular names

English: Somali Beaked Blind Snake
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