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Schmidt's blind snake

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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[1]
  • Typhlops schmidti
    Laurent, 1956
  • Rhinotyphlops schmidti
    — Wallach, 2003
  • Afrotyphlops schmidti
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Schmidt's blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti,[1] formerly Typhlops schmidti[2]) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Central and Southern Africa.[1]

Etymology

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The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[3]

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

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

Geographic range

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A. schmidti is found in Angola, Zambia, and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire).[1]

Reproduction

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A. schmidti is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 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

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  • 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).



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