Afrotyphlops schmidti

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

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

Name

• Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956)

Holotype: MRAC 17996, collected by IRSAC between 11–14 December 1950.

Type locality: “Nyunzu, Terr. D’Albertville, Tanganika”, Tanzania.

Combinations

• Typhlops schmidti Laurent, 1956: 418 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Rhinotyphlops schmidti — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops schmidti — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 43 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Laurent, R.F. 1956. Contribution à l'herpetologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge: Sciences Zoologiques 48: 1–390.
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops schmidti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Schmidt’s Blind Snake