Afrotyphlops mucruso

Afrotyphlops mucruso

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 mucruso

Name

• Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

Lectotype: ZMB 3963, collected by W.C.H. Peters between January–June 1845. [designated by Loveridge (1933: 216)]

Type locality: “Tette, Macanga”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Makanga” by Loveridge (1933: 216).

Combinations

• Onychocephalus mucruso Peters, 1854: 621 [original combination]
• Typhlops mucruso — Peters, 1882: 95 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinotyphlops schlegelii mucroso [sic] — Roux-Estève, 1974: 166 [subsequent combination]
• Megatyphlops mucruso — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 52 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops mucruso — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628. 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. 2023. Afrotyphlops mucruso. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Zambezi Blind Snake
hts: Konxayite dlomabee