Afrotyphlops rondoensis

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

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops rondoensis

Name edit

Holotype: MCZ 48066, collected by A. Loveridge on 5 May 1939.

Type locality: “Nchingidi, near Lindi, Rondo Plateau, southeastern Tanganyika Territory [=Tanzania]”.

Combinations edit

  • Typhlops tettensis rondoensis Loveridge, 1942: 256 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Typhlops rondoensisLaurent, 1964: 419 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
  • Rhinotyphlops rondoensisBroadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
  • Afrotyphlops rondoensisBroadley & Wallach, 2009: 36 [subsequent combination]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Rondo Blind Snake