Afrotyphlops

Afrotyphlops
Afrotyphlops schlegelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009
Synonyms
Megatyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009

Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 29 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

• Afrotyphlops angeli (Guibé, 1952)
• Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)
• Afrotyphlops anomalus (Bocage, 1873)
• Afrotyphlops bibronii (Smith, 1846)
• Afrotyphlops blanfordii (Boulenger, 1889)
• Afrotyphlops brevis (Scortecci, 1929)
• Afrotyphlops calabresii (Gans & Laurent, 1965)
• Afrotyphlops congestus (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
• Afrotyphlops cuneirostris (Peters, 1879)
• Afrotyphlops decorosus (Buchholz & Peters, 1875)
• Afrotyphlops elegans (Peters, 1868)
• Afrotyphlops fornasinii (Bianconi, 1847)
• Afrotyphlops gierrai (Mocquard, 1897)
• Afrotyphlops kaimosae (Loveridge, 1935)
• Afrotyphlops liberiensis (Hallowell, 1848)
• Afrotyphlops lineolatus (Jan, 1864)
• Afrotyphlops manni (Loveridge, 1941)
• Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)
• Afrotyphlops nanus Broadley & Wallach, 2009
• Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus (Broadley & Wallach, 2000)
• Afrotyphlops obtusus (Peters, 1865)
• Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus (Sternfeld, 1910)
• Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819)
• Afrotyphlops rondoensis (Loveridge, 1942)
• Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1847)
• Afrotyphlops schmidti (Laurent, 1956)
• Afrotyphlops steinhausi (Werner, 1909)
• Afrotyphlops tanganicanus (Laurent, 1964)
• Afrotyphlops usambaricus (Laurent, 1964)

References

• Genus Afrotyphlops at The Reptile Database