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Calabresi's blind snake

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Calabresi'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. calabresii
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops calabresii
(Gans & Laurent, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops cuneirostris calabresii Gans & Laurent, 1965
  • Typhlops calabresii
  • Afrotyphlops calabresii
  • Madatyphlops calabresii

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

  1. ^ a b Afrotyphlops calabresii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans and Laurent, 1965)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ 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.