Afrotyphlops lineolatus

Afrotyphlops lineolatus, also known as the common lined worm snake or lineolate blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][3][4] It is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and Zambia in the south.[1]

Afrotyphlops lineolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. lineolatus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops lineolatus
(Jan, 1864)[1][2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) lineolatus Jan, 1864
  • Rhinotyphlops lineolatus — Chirio & Ineich, 2006
  • Afrotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009

References
  1. Afrotyphlops lineolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 August 2018.
  2. http://www.dahmstierleben.de
  3. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  4. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1


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