Angolan giant blind snake
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| Angolan giant blind snake | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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[2] | |
The Angolan giant blind snake or Angolan giant blind-snake (Afrotyphlops anomalus), also known as the anomalous beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Angola.[1][2] Its classification was changed from Rhinotyphlops to Megatyphlops when Rhinotyphlops was found to be polyphyletic.[3] In 2014 Megatyphlops was changed to Afrotyphlops.[4]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]It is found in southwestern Angola.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Afrotyphlops anomalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 September 2020.
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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.
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