Afrotyphlops obtusus

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

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.11.31–32 (formerly BMNH 1864.10.29.15–16).

Type locality: “Thale des Shireflusses (Mossambique)”.

Typhlops (Onychocephalus) obtusus Peters, 1865: 260 [original combination]
Letheobia obtusa — Broadley & Wallach, 2007: 39 [subsequent combination]
Afrotyphlops obtusus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Hr. W. Peters lieferte einen ferneren Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über Typhlopina. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 259–263. BHL
Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. Abstract & excerpt. 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.

English: Southern Gracile Worm Snake