Madatyphlops andasibensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Madatyphlopinae
Genus: Madatyphlops
Species: Madatyphlops andasibensis

Name

• Madatyphlops andasibensis (Wallach & Glaw, 2009)

Holotype: ZSM 54/2005, adult ♀.

Type locality: “near Andasibe (= Perinet), 18°56.169'S, 48°24.734'E, 939 m elevation, central eastern Madagascar.”

Combinations

• Typhlops andasibensis Wallach & Frank, 2009: 24 [original combination]
• Madatyphlops andasibensis — Hedges et al., 2014: 42 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Wallach, V. & Glaw, F. 2009. A new mid-altitude rainforest species of Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Madagascar with notes on the taxonomic status of T. boettgeri Boulenger, T. microcephalus Werner, and T. capensis Rendahl. Zootaxa 2294(1): 23–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2294.1.2 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Madatyphlops andasibensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 December 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Andasibe Blind Snake