Afrotyphlops
Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009 |
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Distribution
The 26 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)
- Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)
- Afrotyphlops bibronii (A. Smith, 1846)
- Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1889)
- Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci, 1929)
- Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans & Laurent, 1965)
- Afrotyphlops chirioi Trape, 2019
- Afrotyphlops congestus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Afrotyphlops cuneirostris (W. Peters, 1879)
- Afrotyphlops elegans (W. Peters, 1868)
- Afrotyphlops fornasinii (Bianconi, 1847)
- Afrotyphlops gierrai (Mocquard, 1897)
- Afrotyphlops kaimosae (Loveridge, 1935)
- Afrotyphlops liberiensis (Hallowell, 1848)
- Afrotyphlops lineolatus (Jan, 1864)
- Afrotyphlops mucruso (W. Peters, 1854)
- Afrotyphlops nanus Broadley & Wallach, 2009
- Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus (Broadley & Wallach, 2000)
- Afrotyphlops obtusus (W. Peters, 1865)
- Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus (Sternfeld, 1910)
- Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819)
- Afrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge, 1942)
- Afrotyphlops rouxestevae Trape, 2019
- Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1847)
- Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956)
- Afrotyphlops steinhausi (F. Werner, 1909)
- Afrotyphlops tanganicanus (Laurent, 1964)
- Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afrotyphlops.
References
- Genus Afrotyphlops at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Broadley DG, Wallach V (2009). "A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species". Zootaxa 2255: 1-100. (Afrotyphlops, new genus, p. 26; Afrotyphlops nanus, new species, p. 32).
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