Angola blind snake

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Angola blind snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. angolensis
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops angolensis
(Bocage, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus angolensis
  • Typhlops congicus
  • Typhlops adolfi
  • Typhlops dubius
  • Typhlops intermedius
  • Typhlops tornieri
  • Typhlops lestradei
  • Typhlops blanfordi lestradei
  • Typhlops ochraceus
  • Typhlops angolensis
  • Rhinotyplops angolensis

The Angola blind snake (Afrotyphlops angolensis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] While named after its type locality in Angola, it is widespread in Central and East Africa. Specifically, it is found in Angola, northern Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Afrotyphlops angolensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 September 2020.
  2. "Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 20 September 2020.