Afrotyphlops steinhausi

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 steinhausi

Name

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  • Afrotyphlops steinhausi (Werner, 1909)

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).

Combinations

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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Steinhaus' Blind Snake