Schneider's Earth Snake Rhinophis oxyrhynchus is a species of snake endemic to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. It is found in the northern and eastern provinces, Mullaitivu

Mullaitivu

Mullaitivu is a small town on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka. It is the capital of Mullaitivu District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. A largely fishing settlement, the town in the early 20th century grew as an anchoring harbour of the small sailing vessels transporting goods between...

; Vavoniya; Trincomalee

Trincomalee

Trincomalee is a port city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and lies on the east coast of the island, about 113 miles south of Jaffna. It has a population of approximately 100,000 . The city is built on a peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbours. Overlooking the Kottiyar Bay,...

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Type locality: India orientali" [Typhlops oxyrhynchus SCHNEIDER 1801]
Type locality: Trincomalie, and [. . .] the Kandyan Province" [Dapatnaya lanka-divana Kelaart]
Type locality: Ceylon" [Mytilia (?Rhinophis) unimaculata Gray]