Angolan giant blind snake

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Angolan giant blind snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. anomalus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops anomalus
(Bocage, 1873)
Synonyms [2]

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

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Geographic range

It is found in southwestern Angola. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N.; Conradie, W. (2020). "Afrotyphlops anomalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22472487A22472509. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22472487A22472509.en . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Afrotyphlops anomalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 September 2020.
  3. Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T. & Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93–145. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...93P. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 . PMC   3682911 . PMID   23627680.
  4. Hedges, Stephen Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie & Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)" (PDF). Caribbean Herpetology. 49: 1–61.

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