Calabresi's blind snake
Appearance
Calabresi's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
Species: | A. calabresii
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Binomial name | |
Afrotyphlops calabresii | |
Synonyms | |
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Afrotyphlops calabresii, or Calabresi's blind-snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2] It is found in northwestern Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, and eastern Kenya.[1] The specific name calabresii honours Enrica Calabresi.[3]
References
- ^ a b Afrotyphlops calabresii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans and Laurent, 1965)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Gans, C.; Laurent, R.F. & Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic" (PDF). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. 8th Serie, Sciences Zoologiques. 134. Tervuren, Belgium: 1–93.
We here propose to recognize the northern population as a new subspecies and to name this for Dr. Enrico [sic] Calabresi, author of the earliest modern reviews of the Somali herpetofauna.