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Genus: Rhinotyphlops (beaked blind snakes)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata > Serpentes (snakes) > Family: Typhlopidae

This genus is represented by four species in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Rhinotyphlops boylei (Boyle's beaked blind snake)

 

 

Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Delalande's beaked blind snake)

 

 

Rhinotyphlops schinzi (Schinz's beaked blind snake)

 

 

Rhinotyphlops schlegelii (Schlegel's beaked blind snake)

 

Rhinotyphlops schlegelii (Schlegel's beaked blind snake)