Afrotyphlops schlegelii information

Afrotyphlops schlegelii
	Limpopo, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Afrotyphlops
Species:	A. schlegelii
Binomial name
	Afrotyphlops schlegelii; (Bianconi, 1847)
Synonyms
	Typhylops schlegelii ; Bianconi, 1847; Onychocephalus schlegelii ; — W. Peters, 1860; Typhlops schlegelii ; — Boulenger, 1893; Rhinotyphlops schlegelii ; — Roux-Estève, 1974; Megatyphlops schlegelii ; — Broadley & Wallach, 2009; Afrotyphlops schlegelii ; — Hedges et al., 2014;

Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake^[2] or Schlegel's giant blind snake,^[1] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[3]^[4]^[5] The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid.^[2] It is harmless to humans and lives exclusively on a diet of termites.

^ ^a ^b Afrotyphlops schlegelii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Rhinotyphlops schlegelii, p. 54 + Plate 39).
^ Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T.; Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93–145. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...93P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
^ "Megatyphlops schlegelii". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[reptile-database.org-1] Afrotyphlops schlegelii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 January 2015.

[Branch,_2004-2] Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Rhinotyphlops schlegelii, p. 54 + Plate 39).

[3] Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T.; Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 93–145. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...93P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.

[McD99-4] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).

[5] "Megatyphlops schlegelii". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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