Angolan giant blind snake

Angolan giant blind snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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 [2]
Onychocephalus anomalus Bocage, 1873 Typhlops anchietae Bocage, 1886 Typhlops anomalus – Boulenger, 1893 Rhinotyphlops anomalus – Roux-Estève, 1974 Megatyphlops anomalus – Broadley & Wallach, 2009

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]

Geographic range

It is found in southwestern Angola. ^[1]

References

1. 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. 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.

Further reading

• Bocage, J.V.B. 1873. Reptiles nouveaux de l'intérieur de Mossamedes. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes. Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Volume 4, Number XV., pp. 247–253.
• Broadley, Donald G.; Wallach, Van (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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2255: 1–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2255.1.1.