Afrotyphlops obtusus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species: Afrotyphlops obtusus
Name
- Afrotyphlops obtusus (Peters, 1865)
Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.11.31–32 (formerly BMNH 1864.10.29.15–16).
Type locality: “Thale des Shireflusses (Mossambique)”.
Combinations
- Typhlops (Onychocephalus) obtusus Peters, 1865: 260 [original combination]
- Letheobia obtusa — Broadley & Wallach, 2007: 39 [subsequent combination]
- Afrotyphlops obtusus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 20 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Hr. W. Peters lieferte einen ferneren Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über Typhlopina. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 259–263. BHL
- Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
- Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Afrotyphlops obtusus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2019.