Tanga blind snake

Tanga blind snake
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Afrotyphlops
Species:	A. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld, 1910
Synonyms
Typhlops platyrhynchus Madatyphlops platyrhynchus

The Tanga worm snake (Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. Malonza, P.; Spawls, S. (2022) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T22475900A217786635. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22475900A217786635.en . Retrieved 31 August 2025.
2. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 16, 2010.
3. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
4. Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 July 2018.