Afrotyphlops gierrai

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 gierrai

Name

• Afrotyphlops gierrai (Mocquard, 1897)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-1897.24, collected by A. Gierra on 1895.

Type locality: “Tanga, dans l'Afrique orientale allemande [=Tanzania]”.

Combinations

• Typhlops gierrai Mocquard, 1897: 123 [original combination]
• Rhinotyphlops gierrai — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops gierrai — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 38 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, M.F. 1897. Note sur quelques Reptiles de Tanga, don de M. Gierra. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3(4): 122–123. 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 gierrai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
• Menegon, M. & Spawls, S. 2010. IUCN: Afrotyphlops gierrai  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178405A7540131. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178405A7540131.en

Vernacular names

English: Usambara Spotted Blind Snake