Afrotyphlops blanfordii

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

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

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

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

Boulenger,G.A. 1889. Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 6, 4: 360–363. 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 blanfordii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
Spawls, S. 2010. IUCN: Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178513A7561998. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178513A7561998.en

English: Blanford’s Blind Snake