Biology:Elegant worm snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. elegans
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| Afrotyphlops elegans (Peters, 1868)
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The elegant worm snake (Afrotyphlops elegans) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2] It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1868. The species occurs on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe.[3]
References
- ↑ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634626. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
- ↑ Afrotyphlops elegans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
Further reading
- Peters, 1868 : Über eine neue Nagergattung, Chiropodomys penicullatus, sowie über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien und Fische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Wikidata ☰ Q2853843 entry
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