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Afrotyphlops  Broadley and Wallach, 2009
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1116032

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Megatyphlops Broadley and Wallach, 2009
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864  
                                  FamilyTyphlopidae Merrem, 1820 – Blind Snakes, Typical Blind Snakes, Blindsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyAfrotyphlopinae Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin and Vidal, 2014  
                                        GenusAfrotyphlops Broadley and Wallach, 2009  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866) – Angola Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873) – Angolan Giant Blind-snake, Anomalous Beaked Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops bibronii (A. Smith, 1846) – Bibron's Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1889) – Blanford's Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci, 1929) – Somali Giant Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops calabresii (Gans and Laurent, 1965) – Calabresi's Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops chirioi Trape, 2019  
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops congestus (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1844) – Blotched Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops cuneirostris (Peters, 1879) – Wedgenose Worm Snake, Wedge-snouted Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops elegans (Peters, 1868) – Elegant Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops fornasinii (Bianconi, 1847) – Fornasini's Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops gierrai (Mocquard, 1897) – Usambara Spotted Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops kaimosae (Loveridge, 1935) – Kakamega Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops liberiensis (Hallowell, 1848) – Guinea Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops lineolatus (Jan, 1864) – Lineolate Blind Snake, Common Lined Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854) – Zambezi Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops nanus Broadley and Wallach, 2009 – Kenyan Dwarf Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops nigrocandidus (Broadley and Wallach, 2000)  
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops obtusus (Peters, 1865) – Southern Gracile Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops platyrhynchus (Sternfeld, 1910) – Tanga Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819) – Spotted Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge, 1942) – Rondo Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops rouxestevae Trape, 2019  
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1849) – Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake, Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956) – Schmidt's blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops steinhausi (Werner, 1909) – Steinhaus' Worm Snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops tanganicanus (Laurent, 1964) – Liwale Blind-snake 
                                           SpeciesAfrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964) – Usambara Blind-snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pyron, Robert Alexander, and Van Wallach   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3829, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1   
  Reference for: Afrotyphlops   
       

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