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Rhinophis (rhinocerps earth snakes)

Synonyms: Ackyserpens; Pseudotyphlops

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhinophis is a genus of nonvenomous shield tail snakes found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Currently, 16 species of sheildtails were recognized with no subspecies are recognized. From 16 species, 12 are endemic to Sri Lanka, while 4 are endemic to India.
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Species

Rhinophis blythii (Blyth's Earth Snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis dorsimaculatus (Polkadot Earth Snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis drummondhayi (Drummond-Hay's Earth Snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis erangaviraji (Eranga Virajs shieldtail snake) (Critically Endangered)
Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills Earth Snake)
Rhinophis goweri (Critically Endangered)
Rhinophis gunasekarai
Rhinophis homolepis (Trevelyan's Earth Snake) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Rhinophis karinthandani
Rhinophis lineatus
Rhinophis melanogaster (Gray's Earth Snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis melanoleucus
Rhinophis mendisi
Rhinophis oxyrhynchus (Schneider's Earth Snake)
Rhinophis philippinus (Peters' Philippine Earth Snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis phillipsi (Phillipps' Earth Snake) (Critically Endangered)
Rhinophis porrectus (Willey's earth snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis punctatus (Müller's Earth Snake) (Critically Endangered)
Rhinophis roshanpererai (Roshan Perera’s Rhinophis) (Critically Endangered)
Rhinophis saffragamus (Large Shieldtail Snake) (Vulnerable)
Rhinophis sanguineus (Salty Earth Snake)
Rhinophis travancoricus (Tamil Nadu Earth Snake) (Endangered)
Rhinophis tricoloratus (Endangered)
Rhinophis zigzag

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0