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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Common Lined Worm Snake, Lineolate Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops (Ophthalmidion) lineolatus JAN 1864: 24
Typhlops eschrichtii BLANFORD 1870
Typhlops boulengeri BOCAGE 1893: 117
Typhlops Blanfordii BOULENGER 1894 (1889?)
Typhlops bocagei BETHENCOURT-FERREIRA 1904
Typhlops Tornieri STERNFELD 1910: 69
Typhlops boulengeri — LÖNNBERG 1922
Typhlops punctatus SCORTECCI 1928
Typhlops boulengeri — LAURENT 1956: 68
Typhlops boulengeri boulengeri — LAURENT 1964
Typhlops lineolatus lineolatus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 21
Typhlops lineolatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 107
Rhinotyphlops lineolatus — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Typhlops lineolatus — JACKSON 2008
Afrotyphlops lineolatus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009
Typhlops lineolatus — SEGNIAGBETO et al. 2012: 350
Afrotyphlops lineolatus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Afrotyphlops lineatus — TRAPE & MANÉ 2017: 123, 124 (in error)
Afrotyphlops lineolatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 348
Afrotyphlops lineolatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 15
Typhlops lineolatus — BEHANGANA et al. 2019 
DistributionSenegal, Gambia, Guinea (Conakry), Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast , Ghana, Togo, SW Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Cameroun, SW Chad, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; Bas-Congo, Katanga, Kinshasa, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu), Angola, Republic of South Sudan (RSS), S Ethiopia, Uganda, SW Kenya, N Tanzania

Type locality: Sierra Leone.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, was UUZM (= ZMUU). Lost according to Roux-Estève (1974:80). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (997 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Typhlops boulengeri is listed as valid species in LeBreton 1999. Typhlops boulengeri usambaricus LAURENT 1964 has been removed from the synonymy of A. lineolatus.

Distribution: See maps (Figures 11-13) in Broadley & Wallach 2009. not in Liberia but present in Niger (L. Chirio, pers. comm., 23 Aug 2013). Previous distribution before usambaricus and tanganicus were elevated to full species: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, SW Chad, S Somalia, W Zambia, Angola, Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic, probably Mali (Joger & Lambert 1996). Not in Liberia fide Senter & Chippaux 2022.

Distribution fide McDiarmid et al. 1999: 108: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, southwest Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zaire, Angola, western Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, southwest Kenya, Ethiopia, southern Sudan. Note that Broadley & Wallach 2009 restricted this species to East and Central Africa. 
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