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(Redirected from Afrotyphlops schmidti) Species of snake

Schmidt's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: A. schmidti
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops schmidti
(Laurent, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops schmidti
    Laurent, 1956
  • Rhinotyphlops schmidti
    — Wallach, 2003
  • Afrotyphlops schmidti
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Schmidt's blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti, formerly Typhlops schmidti) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Central and Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Afrotyphlops schmidti schmidti (Laurent, 1956)
  • Afrotyphlops schmidti laurenti (Laurent, 1968)

Geographic range

A. schmidti is found in Angola, Zambia, and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire).

Reproduction

A. schmidti is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Afrotyphlops schmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 September 2020.
  2. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Typhlops schmidti, p. 119).
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops schmidti, p. 236).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Afrotyphlops schmidti, new combination).
  • Laurent RF (1956). "Contribution à l'herpétologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale". Annales du Musée royal de Congo belge (Sciences Zoologiques) 48: 1–390. (Typhlops schmidti, new species, p. 71). (in French).
  • Wallach V (2003). "Scolecophidia miscellanea ". Hamadryad 27 (2): 222–240. (Rhinotyphlops schmidti, new combination, p. 232).


Taxon identifiers
Afrotyphlops schmidti
Typhlops schmidti


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