Somali giant blind snake
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
Species: | A. brevis
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Binomial name | |
Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci , 1929)
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Afrotyphlops brevis, also known as the Somali giant blind-snake[1] or angle-snouted blind snake,[2] is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][3][4][5] It is found in South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, and northern Kenya.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Afrotyphlops brevis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 September 2020.
- ^ Steve Spawls; Kim Howell; Harald Hinkel; Michele Menegon (25 January 2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-4729-4309-5.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Afrotyphlops brevis". www.itis.gov. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci, 1929)". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2020-09-12.