Afrotyphlops blanfordii, commonly known as Blanford's blind-snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2][3] The species is native to the Horn of Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. blanfordii
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1899)
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Geographic range
editAfrotyphlops blanfordii is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia, at elevations of 980–2,450 m (3,220–8,040 ft) above sea level.[1][2]
Etymology
editThe specific name, blanfordii, is in honour of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.[2][4]
Taxonomy
editAfrotyphlops blanfordii is similar to Afrotyphlops lineolatus, and the two may even be conspecific.[1]
Description
editAfrotyphlops blanfordii may attain a total length (including a short tail) of 32 cm (13 in). Dorsally, the body is olive-grey, with the basal half of each dorsal scale blackish. Ventrally, it has a narrow whitish strip running down the middle.[5]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of A. blanfordii are grassland, shrubland, and forest.[1]
Behaviour
editAfrotyphlops blanfordii is fossorial and terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f Spawls, S. (2021). "Afrotyphlops blanfordii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178513A42505520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178513A42505520.en.
- ^ a b c d e Afrotyphlops blanfordii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1889)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops blanfordii, p. 27).
- ^ Boulenger (1893).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1889). "Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 4: 360–363. (Typhlops blanfordii, new species, p. 363).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families Typhlopidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Typhlops blanfordii, p. 39 + Plate II, figures 5a–5c).
- Broadley DG, Wallach V (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". Zootaxa 2255: 1–100. (Afrotyphlops blanfordii, new combination, p. 34)
- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669.