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Spotted blind snake

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Spotted blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Afrotyphlops
Species:
A. punctatus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops punctatus
(Leach, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Acontias punctatus
  • Typhlops eschrichtii
  • Ophthalmidion eschrichtii
  • Onychophis punctata
  • Onychocephalus nigrolineatus
  • Onychocephalus liberiensis
  • Typhlops hallowelli
  • Typhlops kraussi
  • Typhlops liberiensis
  • Onychocephalus kraussi
  • Aspidorhynchus eschrichtii
  • Typhlops punctatus
  • Typhlops milleti
  • Typhlops leprosus
  • Rhinotyphlops punctatus

The spotted blind snake (Afrotyphlops punctatus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  2. ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. ^ Afrotyphlops punctatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.