Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Holotype: ZMUU 725, collected by A. Afzel between late 1700s–early 1800s.

Type locality: “Sierra-Leona”.

Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) lineolatus Jan, 1864: 24 [original combination]
Onychocepahlus lineolatus — Bocage, 1873: 250 [subsequent combination]
Rhinotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 39 [subsequent combination]

Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 9. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils: Paris.
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.

English: Lineolate Blind Snake