Afrotyphlops bibronii

Afrotyphlops bibronii

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 bibronii

Name

• Afrotyphlops bibronii (Smith, 1846)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.22 (formerly BMNH 1865.5.8.9), collected by A. Smith between 12 August 1834–4 January 1836. [designated by Roux-Estève (1974: 275)]

Type locality: “country to the northward of Latakoo”, South Africa.

Combinations

• Onychocephalus bibronii Smith, 1846: pl. 51 + unnumbered page [original combination]
• Typhlops bibronii — Boulenger, 1887: 174 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinotyphlops bibronii — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops bibronii — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 35 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Synopsis of the snakes of South Africa. The Zoologist, London (3)11: 171–182.
• Branch, W.R. 1997. Typhlops bibronii Bibron's Blind Snake, Size African Herp. News 26: 28.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops bibronii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
• Measey, G.J. 2018. IUCN: Afrotyphlops bibronii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22476160A115666897. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22476160A115666897.en

Vernacular names

English: Bibron's Blind Snake