Calabresi's blind snake

Calabresi's blind-snake (Afrotyphlops calabresii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] It is found in northwestern Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, and eastern Kenya.[2] The specific name calabresii honours Enrica Calabresi.[4]

Calabresi's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. calabresii
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops calabresii
(Gans & Laurent, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops cuneirostris calabresii Gans & Laurent, 1965
  • Typhlops calabresii
  • Afrotyphlops calabresii
  • Madatyphlops calabresii

References
  1. Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Afrotyphlops calabresii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22473559A22473568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22473559A22473568.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Afrotyphlops calabresii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
  3. "Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans and Laurent, 1965)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. Gans, C.; Laurent, R.F. & Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic" (PDF). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. 8th Serie, Sciences Zoologiques. Tervuren, Belgium. 134: 1–93. We here propose to recognize the northern population as a new subspecies and to name this for Dr. Enrico [sic] Calabresi, author of the earliest modern reviews of the Somali herpetofauna.


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