• Source: Afrotyphlops

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.




References






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).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Typhlopoidea
• Typhlopidae
• Tiong lampu dada lila
• Afrotyphlops
• Afrotyphlops schlegelii
• List of snakes by scientific name
• Afrotyphlops rouxestevae
• Afrotyphlops chirioi
• Afrotyphlops blanfordii
• Afrotyphlops obtusus
• Bibron's blind snake
• Blotched blind snake
• Somali giant blind snake