Madatyphlops andasibensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

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

Name

Madatyphlops andasibensis (Wallach & Glaw, 2009)

• Holotype: ZSM 54/2005, adult ♀, collected by the NGO "Mitsinjo" and its president Rainer Dolch on 23-26 February 2005.
• 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, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 42 [subsequent 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

• Vences, M. & Rakotondravony, H. 2011. IUCN: Madatyphlops andasibensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T193499A8864928. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193499A8864928.en. Accessed on 04 August 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Andasibe Blind Snake