''Afrotyphlops'' is a

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snakes Snakes are elongated Limbless vertebrate, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales much like other members of ...

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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 str ...

Distribution

The 28 species of this genus are found in

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

Species

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Angola blind snake The Angola blind snake or Angolan blind snake (''Afrotyphlops angolensis'') is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. While named after its type locality in Angola, it is widespread in Central and East Africa. Specifically, it is found in ...

(''Afrotyphlops angolensis'' ) *

Angolan giant blind snake The Angolan giant blind snake or Angolan giant blind-snake (''Afrotyphlops anomalus''), also known as the anomalous beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Angola. Its classification was changed from ''Rhin ...

(''Afrotyphlops anomalus'' ) *

Bibron's blind snake Bibron's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops bibronii'') is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to southern Africa. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised editio ...

(''Afrotyphlops bibronii'' ) *

Blanford's blind snake ''Afrotyphlops blanfordii'', commonly known as Blanford's blind-snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to the Horn of Africa. Geographic range ''Afrotyphlops blanfordii'' is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia, a ...

(''Afrotyphlops blanfordii'' ) *

Somali giant blind snake The Somali giant blind-snake or Somali giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops brevis''), also known as the angle-snouted blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World ...

(''Afrotyphlops brevis'' ) *

Calabresi's blind snake Calabresi's blind-snake (''Afrotyphlops calabresii'') is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is found in northwestern Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, and eastern Kenya. The specific name ''calabresii'' honours Enrica Calabresi Enrica ...

(''Afrotyphlops calabresii'' ) * Chirio's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops chirioi'' ) *

Blotched blind snake The blotched blind snake (''Afrotyphlops congestus'') is a species of snake in the family 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 ...

(''Afrotyphlops congestus'' ) *

Wedge-snouted blind snake The wedge-snouted blind snake (''Afrotyphlops cuneirostris''), also known as the wedgenose blind snake, 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 ...

(''Afrotyphlops cuneirostris'' ) *

Elegant blind snake The elegant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops elegans''), also called the ''elegant worm snake'', 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 Taxo ...

(''Afrotyphlops elegans'' ) *

Fornasini's blind snake Fornasini's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops fornasinii)'' is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised ...

(''Afrotyphlops fornasinii'' ) *

Gierra's blind snake Gierra's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops gierrai)'', also commonly called the Usambara spotted blind snake and the Usambara spotted worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania. Etymology The speci ...

(''Afrotyphlops gierrai'' ) *

Kaimosi blind snake The Kaimosi blind snake (''Afrotyphlops kaimosae'') is a species of snake in the family 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 A ...

(''Afrotyphlops kaimosae'' ) * Liberian blind snake (''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 in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Sh ...

(''Afrotyphlops lineolatus'' ) * African giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops mucruso'' ) * Kenyan dwarf blind snake (''Afrotyphlops nanus'' ) * Bicoloured blind snake (''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 Endemism, endemic to East Africa. Geographic range It is found in southern Malawi, northern M ...

(''Afrotyphlops obtusus'' ) * Tanga blind snake (''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 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 ...

(''Afrotyphlops rondoensis'' ) *'' Afrotyphlops rouxestevae'' * Schlegel's giant blind snake (''Afrotyphlops schlegelii'' ) * Schmidt's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops schmidti'' ) * Steinhaus's blind snake (''Afrotyphlops steinhausi'' ) * Liwale blind snake (''Afrotyphlops tanganicanus'' ) * Usambara blotched blind snake (''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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