Afrotyphlops calabresii

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 R-74465, collected by C.F. Hemming on December 1961.

Type locality: “56 miles from Hargeisa, on Berbera road, Northern Territory, Somalia Republic”.

Typhlops cuneirostris calabresii Gans & Laurent, 1965: 54 [original combination, as subspecies]
Typhlops calabresii — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 25 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
Afrotyphlops calabresii — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

Gans, C. & Laurent, R.F. 1965. Snakes. Pp. 47–70 in Gans, C., Laurent, R.F. & Pandit, H. (eds.). Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale Tervuren. Annales. 8th Série. Sciences zoologiques vol. 134. 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.
Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

English: Calabresi’s Blind-snake