# Rhinoleptus

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***Rhinoleptus koniagui***, also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as **Villiers's blind snake**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [snake](/source/Snake) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Leptotyphlopidae](/source/Leptotyphlopidae). The species, which is indigenous to [West Africa](/source/West_Africa), is [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) in the genus ***Rhinoleptus***. It is among the smallest snakes in the world. There are no [subspecies](/source/Subspecies) that are recognized as being valid.[1]

## Geographic range

*R. koniagui* is found in [West Africa](/source/West_Africa) in [Senegal](/source/Senegal) (Bonghari and [Casamance](/source/Casamance)) and [Guinea](/source/Guinea) ([Kouroussa](/source/Kouroussa) and Youkounkoun). The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) given is "Guinée Francaise: Youkounkoun" ([Guinea](/source/Guinea)).[2][3]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitats](/source/Habitat) of *R. koniagui* are [forest](/source/Forest) and [savanna](/source/Savanna), at altitudes from sea level to 450 m (1,480 ft).[4]

## Reproduction

*R. koniagui* is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).[3]

## References

1. [McDiarmid RW](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Wallace_McDiarmid), [Campbell JA](/source/Jonathan_A._Campbell), [Touré T](/source/T'Shaka_Tour%C3%A9) (1999). *Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1*. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

1. Jallow, M. & Trape, J. (2013). "*Rhinoleptus koniagui*". Vol. 2013. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13292248A13292265.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13292248A13292265.en). Retrieved 18 November 2021.

## Further reading

- [Orejas-Miranda B](/source/Braulio_Rub%C3%AD_Orejas-Miranda), [Roux-Estève R](/source/Rolande_Roux-Est%C3%A8ve), [Guibé J](/source/Jean_Marius_Ren%C3%A9_Guib%C3%A9) (1970). "*Un nouveau genre de Leptotyphlopides (Ophidia)*Rhinoleptus koniagui*(Villiers)*". *Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo* **10** (127): 1–4. (*Rhinoleptus*, new genus). (in French).
- [Villiers A](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Villiers_(zoologiste)) (1956). "*Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba 1 : V. Reptiles* ". *Mémoires du l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noir, Dakar* **48**: 143–162. (*Typhlops koniagui*, new species). (in French).

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