Afrotyphlops schlegelii

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

Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1849)

Holotype: IBI, collected by C. Fornasini between 1842–1847.
Type locality: “Mozambico”, restricted to “Inhambane, Mozambique” by Roux-Estève (1974: 165).

Typhylops [sic] schlegelii Bianconi, 1849: 106 [original combination]
Typhlops (Onychocephalus) schlegeli — Jan, 1863: 13 [subsequent combination]
Onychocephalus schlegelii — Bocage, 1873: 250 [subsequent combination]
Rhinotyphlops schlegelii — Bellairs, 1969: 100 [subsequent combination]
Megatyphlops schlegelii — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 48 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops schlegelii — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

Bianconi, G.G. 1849. Lettera al Dottore Filippo de–Filippi, Professore di Zoologia a Torino sopra alcune nuove specie di rettili del Mozambico. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Series 2 10: 106–109. BHL 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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops schlegelii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
Pietersen, D. & Verburgt, L. 2021. IUCN: Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22472607A22472636. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T22472607A22472636.en. Accessed on 05 June 2023.

English: Schlegel’s Giant Blind Snake