Afrotyphlops
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Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species (29):
A. angolensis –
A. anomalus –
A. bibronii –
A. blanfordii –
A. brevis –
A. calabresii –
A. chirioi –
A. congestus –
A. cuneirostris –
A. dinga –
A. elegans –
A. fornasinii –
A. gierrai –
A. kaimosae –
A. liberiensis –
A. lineolatus –
A. nanus –
A. nigrocandidus –
A. obtusus –
A. platyrhynchus –
A. punctatus –
A. rondoensis –
A. rouxestevae –
A. schlegelii –
A. schmidti –
A. steinhausi –
A. tanganicanus –
A. usambaricus
Name
Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 26
- Type species: Acontias punctatus Leach in Bowdich, 1819, by original designation.
Synonyms
- Megatyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 47 [synonymised by Hedges et al. (2014: 29)]
- Type species: Onychocephalus mucruso Peters, 1854, by original designation.
References
Primary references
- Broadley, D.G. & 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. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Additional references
- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2000. A new blind snake (Serpentes, Typhlopidae) from montane forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 165–168. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2000.9635442 Reference page.
- 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. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1
Reference page. - Trape, J.-F. 2019. Scolecophidiens (Squamata : Ophidia) nouveaux d’Afrique centrale (In French). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 169: 27–44. Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Afrotyphlops . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2025.