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Angolan giant blind snake
Conservation status
Angolan giant blind snake
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. anomalus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops anomalus
(Bocage, 1873)
Synonyms[2]
  • Onychocephalus anomalus Bocage, 1873
  • Typhlops anchietae Bocage, 1886
  • Typhlops anomalus
    – Boulenger, 1893
  • Rhinotyphlops anomalus
    – Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Megatyphlops anomalus
    – Broadley & Wallach, 2009

The Angolan giant blind snake or Angolan giant blind-snake (Afrotyphlops anomalus), also known as the anomalous beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Angola.[1][2] Its classification was changed from Rhinotyphlops to Megatyphlops when Rhinotyphlops was found to be polyphyletic.[3] In 2014 Megatyphlops was changed to Afrotyphlops.[4]

  1. ^ a b Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N.; Conradie, W. (2020). "Afrotyphlops anomalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22472487A22472509. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22472487A22472509.en. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hedges et al. 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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