The lined blind snake (Afrotyphlops lineolatus), also known as the common lined blind snake, common lined worm snake, or lineolate blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2][4][5] It is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and Angola and Zambia in the south.[1][2]
| Lined 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. lineolatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops lineolatus | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c Chirio, L.; Segniagbeto, G.; Niagate, B.; Howell, K.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Beraduccii, J.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Afrotyphlops lineolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13300752A13300764. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300752A13300764.en. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Afrotyphlops lineolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Home". dahmstierleben.de.
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1