Afrotyphlops blanfordii

Taxonavigation

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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 blanfordii

Name

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Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.67. (formerly BMNH 1869.11.4.36), collected by T. Blanford between 1867–1868.

Type locality: “Senafè, Abyssinia” [=Eritrea].

Combinations

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  • Typhlops blanfordii Boulenger, 1889: 363 [original combinatiol]
  • Rhinotyphlops blanfordiiBroadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
  • Afrotyphlops blanfordiiBroadley & Wallach, 2009: 20 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Blanford’s Blind Snake