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.[1][2][4][5] It is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and Angola and Zambia in the south.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Striped blind snake.

Lined 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. lineolatus
Binomial name
Afrotyphlops lineolatus
(Jan, 1864)[2][3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) lineolatus Jan, 1864
  • Rhinotyphlops lineolatus — Chirio & Ineich, 2006
  • Afrotyphlops lineolatus — Broadley & Wallach, 2009

References
  1. Chirio, L.; Segniagbeto, G.; Niagate, B.; Howell, K.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Beraduccii, J.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Afrotyphlops lineolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13300752A13300764. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300752A13300764.en. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. Afrotyphlops lineolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 August 2018.
  3. "Home". dahmstierleben.de.
  4. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  5. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1


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