Afrotyphlops angolensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops angolensis

Name

Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)

Holotype: MB T79.1134, collected by F.A.P. Bayão between 1862–1866. [destroyed by fire 18 March 1978]

Type locality: “le districto do Duque du Bragança, situado na latitude de Loanda, porém umas 75 leguas para o interior, Portuguesas Africa occidental”.

Combinations

Onychocephalus angolensis Bocage, 1866: 46 [nomen nudum]
Onychocephalus angolensis Bocage, 1866: 65 [original combination]
Typhlops angolensis — Laurent, 1954: 296 [subsequent combination]
Rhinotyphlops angolensis — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops angolensis — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 20 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Bocage, J.V.B. du 1866. Lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d'Africa occidental que existem no Museu Lisboa. Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 1: 37–56. BHL
Bocage, J.V.B. du 1866. Reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus recueillis dans les possessions portugaises de l’Afrique occidentale, qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne. Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 1(1): 57–78. BHL
Laurent, R.F. 1956. Contribution à l'herpetologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge (Sci. Zool.) 48: 1–390.
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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops angolensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Angola Blind Snake