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Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus (PETERS, 1878)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yellow-striped blind-snake, Kenya Beaked Snake 
SynonymTyphlops (Letheobia) unitaeniatus PETERS 1878: 205
Typhlops unitaeniatus — BOULENGER 1893: 55
Typhlops unitaeniatus — SCORTECCI 1931: 15
Typhlops unitaeniatus unitaeniatus — LOVERIDGE 1936: 227
Typhlops unitaeniatus unitaeniatus — BOGERT 1942
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974: 241
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 88
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Letheobia unitaeniatus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 55
Letheobia unitaeniata — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 362 
DistributionSomalia, SE Ethiopia ?, E Kenya, NE Tanzania; elevation 20–1600 m.

Type locality: “Taita” [Kenya], (ca. 03°25’S, 38°25’E)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 9246 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (827 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: Mainly Acacia- Commiphora deciduous bushland and thicket, but also entering coastal mosaic. Sympatric with Letheobia ataeniata on the sandy levees on the west bank of the Juba River (Hoevers & Johnson 1982).

Not in Ethiopia fide BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007. 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin number unus (one) and Latin taenia = band, for having one band. Apparently named for the bright yellow band this species has. 
References
  • Bogert, Charles M. 1942. Snakes secured by the Snyder East African Expedition in Kenya Colony and Tanganyika Territory. American Museum Novitates (1178): 1-5 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31–68 - get paper here
  • Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, Arthur 1929. East African reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. Bull. US Natl. Mus. (151): 1-135 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A. 1936. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. V. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 79 (5): 209-337 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1878. Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt während seiner letzten ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Mber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1878: 194-209 - get paper here
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - get paper here
  • Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here
  • Roux-Estève, R. 1974. Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes. Mém. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, (sér.A.) 87: 1-313
  • Scortecci ,G. 1939. Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell'Oltre Giuba. Giugno-agosto 1934. XII. Rettili Ofidi. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria 58: 263-291 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, Giuseppe 1931. Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia. Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, (ser. 3) 41 (10): 1-26 [1930]
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
 
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