Afrotyphlops blanfordii


Afrotyphlops blanfordii, or Blanford's blind-snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2][3] The species is native to the Horn of Africa.

Afrotyphlops blanfordii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. blanfordii
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops blanfordii
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops blanfordii
    Boulenger, 1899
  • Afrotyphlops blanfordii
    — Broadley & Wallach, 2009

Geographic range

Afrotyphlops blanfordii is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia, at elevations of 980–2,450 m (3,220–8,040 ft) above sea level.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, blanfordii, is in honour of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.[2][4]

Taxonomy

Afrotyphlops blanfordii is similar to Afrotyphlops lineolatus, and the two may even be conspecific.[1]

Description

Afrotyphlops blanfordii may attain a total length (including a short tail) of 32 cm (13 in). Dorsally, the body is olive-grey, with the basal half of each dorsal scale blackish. Ventrally, it has a narrow whitish strip running down the middle.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. blanfordii are grassland, shrubland, and forest.[1]

Behaviour

Afrotyphlops blanfordii is fossorial and terrestrial.[1]

Reproduction

Afrotyphlops blanfordii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Spawls S (2021). "Afrotyphlops blanfordii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178513A42505520. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. Afrotyphlops blanfordii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
  3. "Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1889)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops blanfordii, p. 27).
  5. Boulenger (1893).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1889). "Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 4: 360–363. (Typhlops blanfordii, new species, p. 363).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families Typhlopidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Typhlops blanfordii, p. 39 + Plate II, figures 5a–5c).
  • Broadley DG, 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. (Afrotyphlops blanfordii, new combination, p. 34)
  • Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669.


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