Afrotyphlops schlegelii

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 schlegelii
Subspecies (2): A. s. petersi – A. s. schlegelii

Name

  • Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1849)

Holotype: IBI , collected by C. Fornasini between 1842–1847.

Type locality: “Mozambico”, restricted to “Inhambane, Mozambique” by Roux-Estève (1974: 165).

Combinations

  • Typhylops [sic] schlegelii Bianconi, 1849: 106 [original combination]
  • Typhlops (Onychocephalus) schlegeli — Jan, 1863: 13 [subsequent combination]
  • Onychocephalus schlegelii — Bocage, 1873: 250 [subsequent combination]
  • Rhinotyphlops schlegelii — Bellairs, 1969: 100 [subsequent combination]
  • Megatyphlops schlegelii — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 48 [subsequent combination]
  • Afrotyphlops schlegelii — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Bianconi, G.G. 1849. Lettera al Dottore Filippo de–Filippi, Professore di Zoologia a Torino sopra alcune nuove specie di rettili del Mozambico. Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali Serie 2, 10: 106–109. BHL
  • 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Schlegel’s Giant Blind Snake
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