Afrotyphlops usambaricus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops usambaricus
Name
[edit]- Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964)
Holotype: MCZ 38699, collected by R.E. Moreau on June 1955.
Type locality: “Amani, Usambara Mtns.[, Tanzania]”.
Combinations
[edit]- Typhlops boulengeri usambaricus Laurent, 1964: 416 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Typhlops usambaricus — Wallach, 1998: 452 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
- Rhinotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
- Afrotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 41 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afrotyphlops usambaricus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.