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Afrotyphlops schmidti (LAURENT, 1956)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesAfrotyphlops schmidti schmidti (LAURENT 1956)
Afrotyphlops schmidti laurenti (LAURENT 1968) 
Common NamesE: Schmidt’s blind-snake 
SynonymTyphlops schmidti LAURENT 1956: 71
Typhlops schmidti tanganicanus LAURENT 1964: 417
Typhlops schmidti schmidti — LAURENT 1964
Typhlops schmidti — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 119
Rhinotyphlops schmidti — WALLACH 2003
Afrotyphlops schmidti — HEDGES et al. 2014
Afrotyphlops schmidti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 16
Afrotyphlops schmidti — CONRADIE et al. 2021

Afrotyphlops schmidti laurenti (LAURENT 1968)
Typhlops schmidti wilsoni LAURENT 1968 (preoccupied by Typhlops wilsoni WALL 1908)
Rhinotyphlops schmidti laurenti — WALLACH 2003 (nom. emend. pro T. s. wilsoni)
Afrotyphlops schmidti — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009 
DistributionE/S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Zambia, Angola

Type locality: “Mkanda, Chipangali, Zambia” (LAURENT 1968)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMCA (= MRAC = RGMC) 17996
Holotype: NMZB (formerly UM = Umtali Museum) 9444 [laurenti] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (804 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThe status of subspecies of this species is unclear (but a valid species according to V. Wallach [pers. comm.]). Typhlops schmidti tanganicanus LAURENT 1964 is listed as T. lineolatus tanganicus by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. [both schmidti and tanganicanus are valid species fide BROADLEY and WALLACH]

Distribution: not in Tanzania fide SPAWLS et al. 2018. The type locality given by LAURENT 1956 (“Nyunzu, 700 ifi, Albertville Territory, Tanzania”) appears to be in error, see different type locality given by LAURENT 1968. 
EtymologyNamed after Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890-1957), American herpetologist (see Davis 1957 and RESETAR & VORIS 1997 for biographical notes). 
References
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  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • Broadley, D.G.; Doria, C.T. & Wigge, J. 2003. Snakes of Zambia. An Atlas and Field Guide. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 280 pp. [review in Sauria 26 (3): 21]
  • Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, V. 2009. A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa 2255: 1-100 - get paper here
  • Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
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  • Davis, D.D. 1959. Karl Patterson Schmidt, 1890-1957. Copeia 1959 (3): 189-192 - get paper here
  • Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here
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  • Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27 (2): 222-240 - get paper here
 
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