Afrotyphlops punctatus

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 punctatus

Name

Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.47, collected by T.E. Bowdich between April 1817–October 1818.
• Type locality: “Fantee [=Fanti]”, Ghana.

Combinations

• Acontias punctatus Leach in Bowdich, 1819: 493 [original combination]
• Onychophis punctata — Gray, 1845: 133 [subsequent combination]
• Typhlops punctatus — Boulenger, 1893: 42 [subsequent combination]
• Afrotyphlops punctatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 38 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Typhlops leprosus Taylor & Weyer, 1958: 1204
  • Holotype: FMNH 120231 (EHT-HMS 31895), collected by D. Weyer in 1954.
  • Type locality: “Firestone Plantation, Harbel, Liberia, Africa”.

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1819. Appendix IV. Dr. Leach’s notice of reptiles, insects, &c. pp. 493–496 In: Bowdich, T.E. (Ed.). Mission of Fregate Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. John Murray: London. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. & Weyer, D. 1958. Report on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Harbel, Republic of Liberia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38(2): 1191–1229. BHL Reference page. 
• 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 punctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 January 2019.
• Chirio, L., Segniagbeto, G., Niagate, B. & Spawls, S. 2021. IUCN: Afrotyphlops punctatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13300770A13300780. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300770A13300780.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Blind Snake

For more multimedia, look at Afrotyphlops punctatus on Wikimedia Commons.