Afrotyphlops schlegelii
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops schlegelii
Subspecies (2): A. s. petersi – A. s. schlegelii
Name
[edit]Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1849)
- Holotype: IBI, collected by C. Fornasini between 1842–1847.
- Type locality: “Mozambico”, restricted to “Inhambane, Mozambique” by Roux-Estève (1974: 165).
Combinations
[edit]- Typhylops [sic] schlegelii Bianconi, 1849: 106 [original combination]
- Typhlops (Onychocephalus) schlegeli — Jan, 1863: 13 [subsequent combination]
- Onychocephalus schlegelii — Bocage, 1873: 250 [subsequent combination]
- Rhinotyphlops schlegelii — Bellairs, 1969: 100 [subsequent combination]
- Megatyphlops schlegelii — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 48 [subsequent combination]
- Afrotyphlops schlegelii — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Bianconi, G.G. 1849. Lettera al Dottore Filippo de–Filippi, Professore di Zoologia a Torino sopra alcune nuove specie di rettili del Mozambico. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Series 2 10: 106–109. 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.
- Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops schlegelii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.
- Pietersen, D. & Verburgt, L. 2021. IUCN: Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22472607A22472636. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T22472607A22472636.en. Accessed on 05 June 2023.