Afrotyphlops usambaricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964)

Typhlops boulengeri usambaricus Laurent, 1964: 416 [original combination, as subspecies]
Typhlops usambaricus — Wallach, 1998: 452 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Rhinotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 41 [subsequent combination]

Laurent, R.F. 1964. A Revision of the punctatus Group of African Typhlops. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130(6): 387–444. 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.

Howell, K., Menegon, M., Beraduccii, J. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22476309A22476315. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22476309A22476315.en. Accessed on 01 September 2025.