Schmidt’s blind snake

Schmidt’s blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Afrotyphlops
Species: A. schmidti
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops schmidti
Laurent, 1956
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops schmidti
    Laurent, 1956
  • Rhinotyphlops schmidti
    — Wallach, 2003
  • Afrotyphlops schmidti
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Schmidt’s blind snake (Afrotyphlops schmidti) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[4]

Geographic range

It is found in Tanzania, Zambia, and eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Afrotyphlops schmidti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A; Touré, T'Shaka A. (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). (Typhlops schmidti, p. 119).
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops schmidti, p. 236).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Afrotyphlops schmidti, new combination).
  • Laurent RF (1956). "Contribution à l'herpétologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale". Annales du Musée royal de Congo belge (Sciences Zoologiques) 48: 1-390. (Typhlops schmidti, new species, p. 71). (in French).
  • Wallach V (2003). "Scolecophidia miscellanea". Hamadryad 27 (2): 222-240. (Rhinotyphlops schmidti, new combination, p. 232).
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