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Afrotyphlops

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Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyTyphlopidae
Observations recorded4,743

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
21
With media
1
Family
Typhlopidae
Collections
BYU, CAS, NCSM, FMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
Recorded in
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Tanzania, South Africa, Dr Congo

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Typhlopidae
Image
Afrotyphlops schlegelii.jpg
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taxon name
Afrotyphlops
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Afrotyphlops
Commons category
Afrotyphlops
taxon synonym
Megatyphlops
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

==Distribution== The 28 species of this genus are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afrotyphlops” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.