The Angolan giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops anomalus), also known as the anomalous beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Angola.[1] Its classification was changed from Rhinotyphlops to Megatyphlops when Rhinotyphlops was found to be polyphyletic.[2] In 2014 Megatyphlops was changed to Afrotyphlops.[3]
| Angolan giant blind snake | |
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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. anomalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Geographic range edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Afrotyphlops anomalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 September 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 edit
- 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.