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 usambaricus

Name

  • Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964)

Holotype: MCZ 38699, collected by R.E. Moreau on June 1955.

Type locality: “Amani, Usambara Mtns.[, Tanzania]”.

Combinations

  • Typhlops boulengeri usambaricus Laurent, 1964: 416 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Typhlops usambaricus — Wallach, 1998: 452 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
  • Rhinotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2000: 167 [subsequent combination]
  • Afrotyphlops usambaricus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009: 41 [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. 

Vernacular names

English: Usambara Blind Snake
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