Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops punctatus
Name
Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819)
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.47, collected by T.E. Bowdich between April 1817–October 1818.
- Type locality: “Fantee [=Fanti]”, Ghana.
Combinations
- Acontias punctatus Leach in Bowdich, 1819: 493 [original combination]
- Onychophis punctata — Gray, 1845: 133 [subsequent combination]
- Typhlops punctatus — Boulenger, 1893: 42 [subsequent combination]
- Afrotyphlops punctatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 38 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
References
Primary references
- Leach, W.E. 1819. Appendix No. IV. Dr. Leach's Notice of Reptiles, Insects etc. pp. 493–496 in Bowdich, T.E. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a statistical account of that kingdom, geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. John Murray: London. BHL
- Taylor, E.H. & Weyer, D. 1958. Report on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Harbel, Republic of Liberia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38(2): 1191–1229. BHL Reference page.
- 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.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Afrotyphlops punctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 January 2019.
- Chirio, L., Segniagbeto, G., Niagate, B. & Spawls, S. 2021. IUCN: Afrotyphlops punctatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13300770A13300780. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300770A13300780.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.
Vernacular names
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