Angola blind snake
| Angola blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. angolensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)
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The Angola blind snake (Afrotyphlops angolensis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2] While named after its type locality in Angola, it is widespread in Central and East Africa. Specifically, it is found in Angola, northern Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Afrotyphlops angolensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
Categories:
- Afrotyphlops
- Snakes of Africa
- Reptiles of Angola
- Reptiles of Cameroon
- Reptiles of the Central African Republic
- Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Reptiles of Gabon
- Reptiles of Kenya
- Reptiles of the Republic of the Congo
- Reptiles of Tanzania
- Reptiles of Uganda
- Reptiles of Zambia
- Reptiles described in 1866
- Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
- Scolecophidia stubs