Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus

Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Rhinotyphlops
Species:	R. ataeniatus
Binomial name
Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus (Boulenger, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
Typhlops unitaeniatus var. ataeniatus Boulenger, 1912 Typhlops unitaeniatus ataeniatus — Parker, 1949 Typhlops ataeniatus — Gans & Laurent, 1965 Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus — McDiardmid et al., 1999 Letheobia ataeniatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2007 Letheobia ataeniata — Largen & Spawls, 2010 Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus — Hedges et al., 2014

Geographic range

R. ataeniatus is found in eastern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and Somalia.[1]

References

1. "Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1912). "Missione per la Frontiera Italo-Etiopica sotto il commando del Capitano Carlo Citerni - Risultati zoologici - list of the Reptiles and Batrachians". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Third Series, 5: 329–332. (Typhlops unitaeniatus var. ataeniatus, new variation, p. 331). (in English).