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Afrotyphlops tanganicanus (LAURENT, 1964)

IUCN Red List - Afrotyphlops tanganicanus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Liwale blind-snake 
SynonymTyphlops schmidti tanganicanus LAURENT 1964
Typhlops schmidtii tanganicanus—HAHN 1977: 37
Typhlops lineolatus tanganicus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 21
Typhlops tanganicus — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Afrotyphlops tanganicanus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2009
Afrotyphlops tanganicanus — HEDGES et al. 2014
Afrotyphlops tanganicanus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 352
Afrotyphlops tanganicanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 17 
DistributionSE Tanzania (25–470 m elevation)

Type locality: Liwale, Tanzania  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 57439 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (530 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
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References
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • 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
  • Laurent, R.F. 1964. A Revision of the punctatus Group of African Typhlops. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 130 (6): 387-444 - get paper here
  • 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, 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
 
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