Afrotyphlops elegans

Taxonavigation

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
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops elegans

Name

  • Afrotyphlops elegans (Peters, 1868)

Syntypes (3): ZMB 6066 and ZZSD a–b [lost fide Bauer et al. (1995: 79)], collected by H.Horn on 1865.

Type locality: “Prinzens-insel (Ilha de Principe) an der Westküste Africa's”.

Combinations

  • Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) elegans Peters, 1868: 450 [original combination]
  • Afrotyphlops elegans — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 26 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • 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. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Elegant Worm Snake
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