Afrotyphlops kaimosae

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Holotype: MCZ 40060, ♂, collected by A. Loveridge on 7 March 1934.

Type locality: “Kaimosi Forest, near Friends’ African Mission, Kakamega district, Nyanza Prov., Kenya Colony”.

Loveridge, A. 1935. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles and amphibians from East Africa. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 79: 1–19. BHL
Broadley, D.G. & 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. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops kaimosae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 April 2018.
Spawls, S. & Malonza, P. 2014. IUCN: Afrotyphlops kaimosae (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T22476198A22476204. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22476198A22476204.en

English: Kakamega Blind Snake