Megatyphlops anomalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

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Familia: Typhlopidae
Genus: Megatyphlops
Species: Megatyphlops anomalus

Name

Megatyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)

Syntypes: (4) MBL 1177A–D.

Type locality: “Huilla, l’intérieur de Mossamedes,” [= Huila, Provincia da Huila, Angola] (15.067°S, 13.550°E, elevation 1695 m).

Synonyms

• Onychocephalus anomalus Bocage, 1873: 248
• Typhlops anchietae Bocage, 1886: 172
• Typhlops (Onchocephalus) anchietae Bocage, 1886
• Typhlops anomalus - Boulenger, 1893: 47
• Rhinotyphlops anomalus - Roux-Estève, 1974: 190
• Megatyphlops anomalus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009

References

• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873: Reptiles nouveaux de l'interieur de Mossamedes. Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes. Lisboa, 4: 247-253.
• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1886: Typhlopiens nouveaux de la Faune africaine. Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes. Lisboa, 11: 171-174.
• Broadley, Donald 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.

Vernacular names

English: Angolan giant blind-snake