Afrotyphlops calabresii (GANS & LAURENT, 1965)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Calabresi’s blind-snake
Synonym	Typhlops cuneirostris calabresii GANS & LAURENT 1965: 54 Typhlops cuneirostris calabresi — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974 Typhlops calabresii — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009 Afrotyphlops calabresii — HEDGES et al. 2014 Madatyphlops calabresii — PYRON & WALLACH 2014 Afrotyphlops calabresii — NAGY et al. 2015 Afrotyphlops calabresii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 345 Typhlops calabresii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 759
Distribution	NW Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, E Kenya (elevation 200-1065 m) Type locality: “56 miles from Hargeisa, on Berbera road, Northern Territory, Somali Republic” [= 56 mi. NE Hargesia, Somalia].
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MCZ 74465, collected by C.F. Hemming, December 1961; paratypes: MCZ, BMNH
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (416 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Dr. Enrica Calabresi (1891-1944), “author of the earliest modern reviews of the Somali herpetofauna”. Note that Gans & Laurent literally said “Enrico”, so they either thought it’s a man or it’s a typo. Calabresi was Jewish and committed suicide before being deported to Auschwitz.
References	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 Gans, C.; LAURENT, R.F. & PANDIT, H. 1965. Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Sér. 8vo, Tervuren, (80) Zool., (134): 1-93 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 Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. NAGY, ZOLTÁN T.; ANGELA B. MARION, FRANK GLAW, AURÉLIEN MIRALLES,<br>JOACHIM NOPPER, MIGUEL VENCES & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2015. Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). Zootaxa 4040 (1): 031–047 - get paper here Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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