Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Taxonavigation

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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 schlegelii
Subspecies (2): A. s. petersi – A. s. schlegelii

Name

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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).

Combinations

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  • Typhylops [sic] schlegelii Bianconi, 1849: 106 [original combination]
  • Typhlops (Onychocephalus) schlegeliJan, 1863: 13 [subsequent combination]
  • Onychocephalus schlegeliiBocage, 1873: 250 [subsequent combination]
  • Rhinotyphlops schlegeliiBellairs, 1969: 100 [subsequent combination]
  • Megatyphlops schlegeliiBroadley & Wallach, 2009: 48 [subsequent combination]
  • Afrotyphlops schlegeliiHedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Schlegel’s Giant Blind Snake