Afrotyphlops anomalus

Afrotyphlops anomalus, commonly known as the Angolan giant blind snake or the anomalous beaked snake,[1] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.[1] Its classification was changed from Rhinotyphlops to Megatyphlops when Rhinotyphlops was found to be polyphyletic.[4] In 2014 Megatyphlops was changed to Afrotyphlops.[5]

Afrotyphlops anomalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. anomalus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops anomalus
(Bocage, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus anomalus Bocage, 1873
  • Typhlops anchietae Bocage, 1886
  • Typhlops anomalus
    - Boulenger, 1893
  • Rhinotyphlops anomalus
    - Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Megatyphlops anomalus
    - Broadley & Wallach, 2009[1]

Geographic range

It is found in southeastern Angola.[1]

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References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T.; Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes" (PDF). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93–145. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
  5. http://www.caribbeanherpetology.org/pdfs/ch49.pdf

Further reading

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