Calabresi's blind-snake (''Afrotyphlops calabresii'') 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 Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing str ...
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[ It is found in northwestern Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, and eastern Kenya.][ The ]specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''calabresii'' honours Enrica Calabresi
Enrica Calabresi (10 November 1891, in Ferrara – 20 January 1944, in Castelfiorentino) was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, and entomologist. Her family was part of the Jewish community which has played an important role in Ferrara, contin ...
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References
calabresii
Snakes of Africa
Reptiles of Ethiopia
Reptiles of Kenya
Reptiles of Somalia
Reptiles described in 1965
Taxa named by Carl Gans
Taxa named by Raymond Laurent
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