Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Uropeltidae > Rhinophis > Rhinophis oxyrhynchus

Rhinophis oxyrhynchus (Schneider's Earth Snake)

Synonyms: Dapatnaya lanka-divana; Mytilia unimaculata; Typhlops oxyrhynchus

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhinophis oxyrhynchus, commonly known as Schneider's earth snake, is a species of uropeltid snake endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests Sri Lanka Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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