Afrotyphlops usambaricus

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 usambaricus

Name

• Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964)

Holotype: MCZ 38699, collected by R.E. Moreau on June 1955.

Type locality: “Amani, Usambara Mtns.[, Tanzania]”.

Combinations

• Typhlops boulengeri usambaricus Laurent, 1964: 416 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Typhlops usambaricus — Wallach, 1998: 452 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Rhinotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 41 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Usambara Blind Snake