Afrotyphlops anomalus

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 anomalus

Name

Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)

• Syntypes (4): MB 1177A-D, collected by J. d’Anchieta on 1871 and J.J. da Graça on unknown date. [destroyed by fire 18 March 1978]
• Type locality: “Huilla, dans l’intérieur de Mossamedes”.

Combinations

• Onychocephalus anomalus Bocage, 1873: 248 [original combination]
• Typhlops anomalus — Boulenger, 1893: 47 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinotyphlops anomalus — Roux-Estève, 1974: 190 [subsequent combination]
• Megatyphlops anomalus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 48 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops anomalus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Typhlops (Onychocephalus) anchietae Bocage, 1886: 172
  • Holotype: MB 1871, collected by J. d’Anchieta. [destroyed by fire 18 March 1978]
  • Type locality: “Huilla (Angola)”.

References

Primary references

• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Reptiles nouveaux de l'intérieur de Mossamedes. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 4(15): 247–253. BHL Reference page. 
• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1886. Typhlopiens nouveaux de la Faune africaine. Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes 11: 171–174. 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. 
• Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops anomalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Baptista, N. & Conradie, W. 2020. IUCN: Afrotyphlops anomalus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22472487A22472509. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22472487A22472509.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Angolan Giant Blind Snake

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