Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus (Broadley & Wallach, 2000)

Holotype: ZMUC 52223, adult ♂, collected by P. Gravlund and M. Andersen on 17 January 1996.
Type locality: “Kiranzi-Kitungulu Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains, Iringa District, Tanzania (1500 m a.s.l., 08°09′S x 36°05′E)”.

Rhinotyphlops nigrocandidus Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 166 [original combination]
Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 38 [subsequent combination]

Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2000. A new blind snake (Serpentes, Typhlopidae) from montane forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 165–168. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2000.9635442 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.

Howell, K., Menegon, M., Beraduccii, J. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22476252A22476258. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22476252A22476258.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.