Biology:Afrotyphlops

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Afrotyphlops
Schlegel's Beaked Snake (Rhinotyphlops schlegelii) (13800597024).jpg
Afrotyphlops schlegelii
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Broadley & Wallach, 2009
Synonyms
  • Megatyphlops
    Broadley & Wallach, 2009

Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 28 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afrotyphlops.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).

Wikidata ☰ Q608192 entry