Afrotyphlops anomalus
| Afrotyphlops anomalus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. anomalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
Afrotyphlops anomalus, commonly known as the Angolan giant blind snake or the anomalous beaked snake,[1] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.[1] Its classification was changed from Rhinotyphlops to Megatyphlops when Rhinotyphlops was found to be polyphyletic.[4] In 2014 Megatyphlops was changed to Afrotyphlops. [5]
Geographic range
It is found in southeastern Angola.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T.; Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes" (PDF). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93–145. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911
. PMID 23627680. - ↑ http://www.caribbeanherpetology.org/pdfs/ch49.pdf
Further reading
- Bocage, J.V.B. 1873. Reptiles nouveaux de l'intérieur de Mossamedes. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes. Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Volume 4, Number XV., pp. 247–253.
- Broadley, Donald G.; Wallach, Van (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" (PDF). Zootaxa (2255): 1–100.
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