Afrotyphlops tanganicanus

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

Holotype: MCZ 57439, ♀, collected by C.J.P. Ionides between 11 March–26 April 1958.

Type locality: “Liwale, Tanganyika”, Tanzania.

Typhlops schmidti tanganicanus Laurent, 1964: 418 [original combination, as subspecies]
Typhlops tanganicanus — Wallach, 1998: 445 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
Rhinotyphlops tanganicanus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops tanganicanus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 44 [subsequent combination]

Laurent, R.F. 1964. A Revision of the punctatus Group of African Typhlops. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130(6): 387–444. 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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops tanganicanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
Msuya, C.A., Ngalason, W. & Howell, K. 2014. IUCN: Afrotyphlops tanganicanus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T22476295A22476301. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22476295A22476301.en

English: Liwale Blind Snake