Blotched blind snake

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Blotched blind snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. congestus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops congestus
(Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus congestus (basionym)
  • Onychophis barrowii GRAY 1845
  • Typhlops congestus
  • Typhlops punctatus congestus
  • Rhinotyphlops congestus

The blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [1] [2] It is distributed from eastern Nigeria through much of Middle Africa to Uganda. [1] [2] It is a fossorial species that occurs in humid forests, and particularly in the east, in gallery forests. It feeds on ants and termites. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Luiselli, L.; Branch, W.R. (2021). "Afrotyphlops congestus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T13300737A13300746. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300737A13300746.en . Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 Afrotyphlops congestus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 July 2018.