Afrotyphlops steinhausi

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

Syntypes (2): ZMH. [destroyed on July 1943 during WWII fide Hahn (1980)]

Neotype: MNHN 1964.139, ♂, collected by R. Pujol. [designated by Villiers (1968: 1308)]

Type locality: “Kamerun”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Boukoko, Rép. Centrafricaine” by Villiers (1968: 1308).

Typhlops steinhausi Werner, 1909: 209 [original combination]
Rhinotyphlops steinhausi — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops steinhausi — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 34 [subsequent combination]

Werner, F. 1909. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten suppl. 2 (Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamb. 1908) 26: 205–247. BHL
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.

English: Steinhaus' Blind Snake