Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Leptotyphlopidae Bibliography of the genus Rhinoleptus Biodiversity of the family Leptotyphlopidae Genus Rhinoleptus West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake Westafrikanische Spitznasen-Fadenschlange Vestafrikansk Spidssnudet Trådslange 1970 Rhinoleptus Orejas-Miranda, Roux-Estève & Guibé (type species: Typhlops koniagui Villiers 1956) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: For a while, this genus contained another species (parkeri), which is now assigned to the genus Myriopholis (Boundy 2013). Distribution: As for the single genus. Rhinoleptus koniagui West African Sharp-nosed Thread Snake, Slender-snouted Thread Snake, (Villiers' Thread Snake) Westafrikanische Spitznasen-Fadenschlange Vestafrikansk Spidssnudet Trådslange 1956 Typhlops koniagui Villiers Leptotyphlops koniagui Guibé, Roux-Estève & Villiers 1967 Rhinoleptus koniagui Orejas-Miranda, Roux-Estève & Guibé 1970 Distribution: Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal.