Afrotyphlops Explained

Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 28 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Angola blind snake (Afrotyphlops angolensis)
Angolan giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops anomalus)
Bibron's blind snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii)
Blanford's blind snake (Afrotyphlops blanfordii)
Somali giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops brevis)
Calabresi's blind snake (Afrotyphlops calabresii)
Chirio's blind snake (Afrotyphlops chirioi)
Blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus)
Wedge-snouted blind snake (Afrotyphlops cuneirostris)
Elegant blind snake (Afrotyphlops elegans)
Fornasini's blind snake (Afrotyphlops fornasinii)
Gierra's blind snake (Afrotyphlops gierrai)
Kaimosi blind snake (Afrotyphlops kaimosae)
Liberian blind snake (Afrotyphlops liberiensis)
Lined blind snake (Afrotyphlops lineolatus)
African giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops mucruso)
Kenyan dwarf blind snake (Afrotyphlops nanus)
Bicoloured blind snake (Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus)
Malawi blind snake (Afrotyphlops obtusus)
Tanga blind snake (Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus)
Spotted blind snake (Afrotyphlops punctatus)
Rondo blind snake (Afrotyphlops rondoensis)
Afrotyphlops rouxestevae
Schlegel's giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops schlegelii)
Schmidt's blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti)
Steinhaus's blind snake (Afrotyphlops steinhausi)
Liwale blind snake (Afrotyphlops tanganicanus)
Usambara blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops usambaricus)

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Afrotyphlops.

Further reading

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, new genus, p. 26; Afrotyphlops nanus, new species, p. 32).

Notes and References

. www.reptile-database.org.