Afrotyphlops brevis (SCORTECCI, 1929)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Somali giant blind-snake
Synonym	Typhlops brevis SCORTECCI 1929: 267 Typhlops schlegelii brevis — PARKER 1949: 21 Typhlops schlegelii brevis — LOVERIDGE 1955 Rhinotyphlops schlegelii brevis — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974 Rhinotyphlops brevis — SPAWLS et al. 2001 Megatyphlops brevis — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009 Afrotyphlops brevis — HEDGES et al. 2014 Megatyphlops brevis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 431 Afrotyphlops brevis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 344
Distribution	Republic of South Sudan (RSS), S Ethiopia, Uganda, N Kenya, N/S Somalia. Type locality: “Chisimajo, Somalia Italiana” [= Kismayu, Gobolka Jubbada Hoose, Somalia], (0.367°S, 42.533°E, elevation NSL).
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MSNM 748 (Milano, formerly MSNM 2033), collected by Luppi, 25 January 1926;
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin “brevis, -e” = short.
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 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 Kirschey, Tom 2016. Assessment of herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) in the Kafa Biosphere Reserve. NABU, 25 pp. - get paper here Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. Loveridge, A. 1956. On snakes collected in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by J.S. Owen, Esq. Sudan Notes Rec. 36: 37-56 [1955] Parker,H.W. 1949. The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra islands. Zoologische Verhandelingen 6: 1-115 - get paper here Roux-Estève, R. 1974. Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes. Mém. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, (sér.A.) 87: 1-313 Scortecci, G. 1929. Primo contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili e degli Anfibi della Somalia italiana. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 68: 245-279 Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - 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 Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. 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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