Villiers's blind snake

Villiers's blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Rhinoleptus
Orejas-Miranda, Roux-Estève & Guibé, 1970
Species: R. koniagui
Binomial name
Rhinoleptus koniagui
(Villiers, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Rhinoleptus - Orejas-Miranda, Roux-Estève & Guibé, 1970
  • Typhlops koniagui - Villiers, 1956
  • Leptotyphlops koniagui - Guibé, Roux-Estève & Villiers, 1967
  • Rhinoleptus koniagui - Orejas-Miranda, Roux-Estève & Guibé, 1970[2]

Villiers's blind snake. (Rhinoleptus koniagui) is a snake found in West Africa. It is monotypic in the genus Rhinoleptus. It is among the smallest snakes in the world. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Geographic range

Found in West Africa in Senegal (Bonghari and Casamance) and Guinea (Kouroussa and Youkounkoun). The type locality given is "Guinée Francaise: Youkounkoun" (Guinea).[2][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jallow, M. & Trape, J. 2013. Rhinoleptus koniagui. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13292248A13292265. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13292248A13292265.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ↑ "Rhinoleptus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ Rhinoleptus koniagui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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