Rhinotyphlops boylei explained
Rhinotyphlops boylei, commonly known as Boyle's beaked blind snake,[1] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2] The species is native to southern Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, boylei, is in honor of "A. M. Boyle, Esq.", who collected the holotype.
Geographic range
Indigenous to southern Africa, R. boylei is found from Damaraland in Namibia to western Botswana.[1]
Description
Dorsally, R. boylei is olive-brown, the scales light-edged. Ventrally, it is pale yellow.
Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22frac=2NaNfrac=2.
The scales are arranged in 26-28 rows around the body. There are more than 300 dorsal scales in the vertebral row.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of R. boylei is sandveld,[1] at altitudes of 1000–.
Reproduction
R. boylei is oviparous.
Further reading
- Broadley DG, Wallach V (2009). "A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species". Zootaxa 2255: 1–100. (Rhinotyphlops boylei, p. 59).
- FitzSimons 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).
- FitzSimons V (1966). "A check-list, with syntopic keys, to the snakes of southern Africa". Ann. Transvaal Mus. 25 (3): 35–79.
Notes and References
- [William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]
- [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]
