Biology:Schmidt’s blind 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. schmidti
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| Afrotyphlops schmidti Laurent, 1956
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Schmidt’s blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[4]
Geographic range
It is found in Tanzania, Zambia, and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Afrotyphlops schmidti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634657. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Typhlops schmidti, p. 119).
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops schmidti, p. 236).
Further reading
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Afrotyphlops schmidti, new combination).
- Laurent RF (1956). "Contribution à l'herpétologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale". Annales du Musée royal de Congo belge (Sciences Zoologiques) 48: 1-390. (Typhlops schmidti, new species, p. 71). (in French).
- Wallach V (2003). "Scolecophidia miscellanea". Hamadryad 27 (2): 222-240. (Rhinotyphlops schmidti, new combination, p. 232).
Wikidata ☰ Q2826276 entry
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