Afrotyphlops nanus

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 nanus

Name

• Afrotyphlops nanus Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 32

Holotype: BMNH 1897.11.17.16, adult ♂, collected by C. Stuart Betton during construction of the Uganda Railway about 1896.

Type locality: “Samburu, Coast Province, southeastern Kenya (39º17’S, 3°47’E), elevation 295 m.”

References

Primary references

• 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 nanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 April 2018.
• Spawls, S. & Malonza, P. 2014. IUCN: Afrotyphlops nanus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T22476234A22476238. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22476234A22476238.en

Vernacular names

English: Kenyan Dwarf Blind-snake