词条 | Rhinotyphlops boylei |
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| genus = Rhinotyphlops | species = boylei | authority = (FitzSimons, 1932) | synonyms =
| synonyms_ref =[1] }}Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake,[2] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Southern Africa.[2] Geographic rangeR. boylei is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana.[2]DescriptionDorsally, R. boylei is olive-brown, the scales light-edged. Ventrally, it is pale yellow. Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|22|cm|in|frac=2|abbr=on}}. The scales are arranged in 26-28 rows around the body. There are more than 300 dorsal scales in the vertebral row.[2] HabitatR. boylei prefers sandveld.[2]References1. ^"Rhinotyphlops boylei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 2. ^1 2 3 4 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. p. 53. 3. ^McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Wasnington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume). 4. ^{{ITIS |id=634397 |taxon=Rhinotyphlops |accessdate=29 August 2007}} Further readingFitzSimons V (1932). "Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15 (1): 35-40. (Typhlops boylei, new species). {{Taxonbar|from=Q2709151}}{{Scolecophidia-stub}} 3 : Typhlopidae|Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|Reptiles described in 1932 |
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