''Afrotyphlops'' is a

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snakes Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...

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Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing stru ...

Distribution

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

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. * Angola blind snake (''Afrotyphlops angolensis'' ) * Angolan giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops anomalus'' ) * Bibron's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops bibronii'' ) * Blanford's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops blanfordii'' ) * Somali giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops brevis'' ) * Calabresi's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops calabresii'' ) * Chirio's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops chirioi'' ) *

Blotched blind snake The blotched blind snake (''Afrotyphlops congestus'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Austral ...

(''Afrotyphlops congestus'' ) * Wedge-snouted blind snake (''Afrotyphlops cuneirostris'' ) * Elegant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops elegans'' ) * Fornasini's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops fornasinii'' ) * Gierra's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops gierrai'' ) * Kaimosi blind snake (''Afrotyphlops kaimosae'' ) *

Liberian blind snake The Liberian blind snake (''Afrotyphlops liberiensis'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ...

(''Afrotyphlops liberiensis'' ) *

Lined blind snake The lined blind snake (''Afrotyphlops lineolatus''), also known as the common lined blind snake, common lined worm snake, or lineolate blind snake, is a species of snake Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborde ...

(''Afrotyphlops lineolatus'' ) *

African giant blind snake The African giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops mucruso''), also called the Zambezi beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geograph ...

(''Afrotyphlops mucruso'' ) *

Kenyan dwarf blind snake The Kenyan dwarf blind snake (''Afrotyphlops nanus'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 51 ...

(''Afrotyphlops nanus'' ) *

Bicoloured blind snake The bicoloured blind snake (''Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. The common name "bicoloured blind skink" has also been coined for it, although it is not a skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the ...

(''Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus'' ) *

Malawi blind snake ''Afrotyphlops obtusus'', also known as the slender blind snake or southern gracile blind-snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the easte ...

(''Afrotyphlops obtusus'' ) *

Tanga blind snake The Tanga worm snake (''Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. ...

(''Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus'' ) *

Spotted blind snake The spotted blind snake (''Afrotyphlops punctatus'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1 ...

(''Afrotyphlops punctatus'' ) *

Rondo blind snake The Rondo worm snake (''Afrotyphlops rondoensis'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1' ...

(''Afrotyphlops rondoensis'' ) *

Roux-Estève's blind snake ''Myriopholis rouxestevae'', also known as Roux-Estève's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. It occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''rouxestevae'', is in honor of herpetologist Rolande ...

(''Afrotyphlops rouxestevae'' ) * Schlegel's giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops schlegelii'' ) *

Schmidt's blind snake Schmidt's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops schmidti'', formerly ''Typhlops schmidti'') is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Central and Southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''schmidti'', is in hono ...

(''Afrotyphlops schmidti'' ) *

Steinhaus's blind snake Steinhaus's worm snake (''Afrotyphlops steinhausi'') is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Central Africa. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''steinhausi'', is ...

(''Afrotyphlops steinhausi'' ) *

Liwale blind snake The Liwale blind-snake (''Afrotyphlops tanganicanus'') is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 5 ...

(''Afrotyphlops tanganicanus'' ) *

Usambara blotched blind snake The Usambara blotched blind-snake (''Afrotyphlops usambaricus'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' ...

(''Afrotyphlops usambaricus'' ) ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Afrotyphlops''.

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