Biology:Afrotyphlops

Short description: Genus of snakes

Afrotyphlops
Afrotyphlops schlegelii
Scientific classification
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.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• Angola blind snake (Afrotyphlops angolensis Bocage, 1866)
• Angolan giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops anomalus Bocage, 1873)
• Bibron's blind snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii A. Smith, 1846)
• Blanford's blind snake (Afrotyphlops blanfordii Boulenger, 1889)
• Somali giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops brevis Scortecci, 1929)
• Calabresi's blind snake (Afrotyphlops calabresii Gans & Laurent, 1965)
• Chirio's blind snake (Afrotyphlops chirioi Trape, 2019)
• Blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
• Wedge-snouted blind snake (Afrotyphlops cuneirostris W. Peters, 1879)
• Elegant blind snake (Afrotyphlops elegans W. Peters, 1868)
• Fornasini's blind snake (Afrotyphlops fornasinii Bianconi, 1847)
• Gierra's blind snake (Afrotyphlops gierrai Mocquard, 1897)
• Kaimosi blind snake (Afrotyphlops kaimosae Loveridge, 1935)
• Liberian blind snake (Afrotyphlops liberiensis Hallowell, 1848)
• Lined blind snake (Afrotyphlops lineolatus Jan, 1864)
• African giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops mucruso W. Peters, 1854)
• Kenyan dwarf blind snake (Afrotyphlops nanus Broadley & Wallach, 2009)
• Bicoloured blind snake (Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus Broadley & Wallach, 2000)
• Malawi blind snake (Afrotyphlops obtusus W. Peters, 1865)
• Tanga blind snake (Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld, 1910)
• Spotted blind snake (Afrotyphlops punctatus Leach, 1819)
• Rondo blind snake (Afrotyphlops rondoensis Loveridge, 1942)
• (Afrotyphlops rouxestevae Trape, 2019)
• Schlegel's giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops schlegelii Bianconi, 1847)
• Schmidt's blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti Laurent, 1956)
• Steinhaus's blind snake (Afrotyphlops steinhausi F. Werner, 1909)
• Liwale blind snake (Afrotyphlops tanganicanus Laurent, 1964)
• Usambara blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops usambaricus Laurent, 1964)

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

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