Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus

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

Syntypes (4): MCZ 39798 (formerly ZMB 20729d), ZMB 20729, ZMB 63442 (formerly 20729A), ZMB 63443 (formerly 20729B), collected by Martienssen.

Type locality: “Tanga, Deutsch-Ostafrika [=Tanzania]”.

Typhlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld, 1910: 69 [original combination]
Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

Sternfeld, R. 1910. Neue Schlangen aus Kamerun, Abessynien und Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 67–70. BHL
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
Malonza, P. & Spawls, S. 2018. IUCN: Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22475900A135466328. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22475900A135466328.en

English: Tanga Blind Snake