Angolan giant blind snake explained

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. Its classification was changed from Rhinotyphlops to Megatyphlops when Rhinotyphlops was found to be polyphyletic.^[1] In 2014 Megatyphlops was changed to Afrotyphlops.

Geographic range

It is found in southwestern Angola.

Further reading

• 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. Zootaxa. 2255. 1–100. 10.11646/zootaxa.2255.1.1.

Notes and References

1. Pyron, Robert Alexander . Burbrink, Frank T. . Wiens, John J. . amp . 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13. 1. 93–145. 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. 23627680. 3682911 . free . 2013BMCEE..13...93P .