Afrotyphlops blanfordii
| Afrotyphlops blanfordii | |
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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. blanfordii
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1899)
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Afrotyphlops blanfordii, or Blanford's blind-snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2][3] The species is native to the Horn of Africa.
Geographic range
Afrotyphlops blanfordii is found in
Etymology
The specific name, blanfordii, is in honour of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.[2][4]
Taxonomy
Afrotyphlops blanfordii is similar to Afrotyphlops lineolatus, and the two may even be conspecific.[1]
Description
Afrotyphlops blanfordii may attain a total length (including a short tail) of 32 cm (13 in).
dorsal scale blackish. Ventrally, it has a narrow whitish strip running down the middle.[5]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. blanfordii are grassland, shrubland, and forest.[1]
Behaviour
Afrotyphlops blanfordii is fossorial and terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
Afrotyphlops blanfordii is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Spawls S (2021). "Afrotyphlops blanfordii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178513A42505520. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Afrotyphlops blanfordii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1889)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops blanfordii, p. 27).
- ^ Boulenger (1893).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1889). "Descriptions of new Typhlopidæ in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 4: 360–363. (Typhlops blanfordii, new species, p. 363).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families Typhlopidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Typhlops blanfordii, p. 39 + Plate II, figures 5a–5c).
- 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 blanfordii, new combination, p. 34)
- ISBN 978-3899734669.