Typhlops angolensis

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• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Campbell & TourÉ 1999: 90 • Onychocephalus angolensis Bocage 1866: 46 65 • Rhinotyplops angolensis — Chirio & Ineich 2006 • Typhlops adolfi Sternfeld 1910: 70 • Typhlops angolensis adolfi Laurent 1956: 55 • Typhlops angolensis angolensis Laurent 1956: 349 • Typhlops angolensis dubius Laurent 1956: 367 • Typhlops angolensis irsaci Laurent 1956 • Typhlops angolensis polylepis Laurent 1956 • Typhlops angolensis symoensi Laurent 1960 • Typhlops angolensis — Mcdiarmid • Typhlops blanfordi lestradei Loveridge 1942: 254 • Typhlops congicus Boettger 1887 • Typhlops congicus — Boulenger 1893: 40 • Typhlops dubius Chabanaud 1916: 364 • Typhlops intermedius — SCHMIDT 1923: 47< /i> (Part. ? Fide Broadley) • Typhlops kaimosae Loveridge 1935: 5 • Typhlops lestradei Witte 1933 • Typhlops ochraceus Laurent 1952 • Typhlops tornieri STERNFELD — SCHMIDT 1923: 50< /i> (Fide Broadley)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Holotype: MB T79.1134 Named after its distribution in Angola.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Typhlops

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 108 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. andamanensis (Andaman Worm Snake) · T. andasibensis (Andasibe Blind Snake) · T. angolensis (Angola Blind Snake) · T. arenarius (Sand Worm Snake) · T. ater (Black Blindsnake) · T. beddomii (Beddome's Worm Snake) · T. bibronii (Bibron's Blind Snake) · T. bisubocularis (Western Java Worm Snake) · T. bothriorhynchus (Gunther's Blind Snake) · T. brongersmianus (Brongersma's Worm Snake) · T. canlaonensis (Taylor's Worm Snake) · T. capitulatus (Haitian Pale-Lipped Blindsnake) · T. castanotus (Wynn's Worm Snake) · T. castonotus (Brown-Backed Blind Snake) · T. catapontus (Erica's Worm Snake) · T. caymanensis (Cayman Worm Snake) · T. collaris (Light-Collared Blind Snake) · T. comorensis (Comoro Worm Snake) · T. congestus (Blotched Blind Snake) · T. conradi (Conrad's Worm Snake) · T. costaricensis (Costa Rica Worm Snake) · T. cuneirostris (Wedgenose Worm Snake) · T. decorosus (Cameroon Worm Snake) · T. decorsei (Mocquard's Worm Snake) · T. depressiceps (Lowland Beaked Blindsnake) · T. diardii (Diard's Blindsnake) · T. dominicanus (Dominican Worm Snake) · T. elegans (Elegant Worm Snake) · T. exiguus (Belgaum Worm Snake) · T. filiformis (File Worm Snake) · T. floweri (Flower's Worm Snake) · T. fornasinii (Fornasini's Blind Snake) · T. giadinhensis (Vietnam Worm Snake) · T. gierrai (Usambara Spotted Worm Snake) · T. gonavensis (Gonave Island Worm Snake) · T. granti (Grant's Blind Snake) · T. hectus (Tiburon Peninsula Blindsnake) · T. hedraeus (Negros Island Blind Snake) · T. hypogius (Cebu Blind Snake) · T. hypomethes (Puerto Rican Coastal Blindsnake) · T. hypsobothrius (Sumatra Worm Snake) · T. inornatus (Montane Blindsnake) · T. jamaicensis (Jamaica Worm Snake) · T. jerdoni (Jerdon's Worm Snake) · T. khoratensis (Khorat Blind Snake) · T. koshunensis (Koshun Worm Snake) · T. kraali (Kei Island Worm Snake) · T. lankaensis (Sri Lanka Worm Snake) · T. lehneri (Estado Falcón Worm Snake) · T. leucomelas (Pied Worm Snake) · T. leucostictus (Liberia Worm Snake) · T. lineolatus (Common Lined Worm Snake) · T. longissimus (Long Worm Snake) · T. loveridgei (Loveridge's Worm Snake) · T. lumbricalis (Earthworm Blind Snake) · T. luzonensis (Luzon Blind Snake) · T. madagascariensis (Madagascar Worm Snake) · T. malcolmi (Malcolm's Worm Snake) · T. manilae (Manila Blind Snake) · T. manni (Mann's Worm Snake) · T. meszoelyi (Meszoelys Blind Snake) · T. microstomus (Yucatecan Worm Snake) · T. minuisquamus (Basin Worm Snake) · T. mirus (Jan's Worm Snake) · T. monastus (Montiserrat Worm Snake) · T. monensis (Mona Blind Snake) · T. mucronatus (Boettger's Worm Snake) · T. oatesii (Andaman Island Worm Snake) · T. obtusus (Slender Blind Snake) · T. ocularis (Parker's Worm Snake) · T. oligolepis (Few-Scaled Worm Snake) · T. pammeces (South Indian Blind Snake) · T. paucisquamus (Pernambuco Worm Snake) · T. platycephalus (Flat-Headed Blindsnake) · T. platyrhynchus (Tanga Worm Snake) · T. porrectus (Slender Worm Snake) · T. punctatus (Spotted Blind Snake) · T. pusillus (Hispaniola Worm Snake) · T. reticulatus (Reticulate Worm Snake) · T. reuteri (Reuters Blind Snake) · T. richardi (Richard's Blind Snake) · T. richardi richardi (Richard's Worm Snake; Locally Known As “ground Snake”) · T. rondoensis (Rondo Worm Snake) · T. rostellatus (Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake) · T. ruber (Samar Blind Snake) · T. ruficaudus (Brown Blind Snake) · T. schmutzi (Schmutz's Worm Snake) · T. schwartzi (Schwartz' Worm Snake) · T. siamensis (Siamese Blind Snake) · T. socotranus (Socotra Worm Snake) · T. stadelmani (Stadelman's Wurm Snake) · T. steinhausi (Steinhaus' Worm Snake) · T. sulcatus (Sulcate Blind Snake) · T. syntherus (Barahona Peninsula Blindsnake) · T. tasymicris (Grenada Bank Blindsnake) · T. tenuicollis (Peter's Worm Snake) · T. tenuis (Coffee Worm Snake) · T. tetrathyreus (Haitian Worm Snake) · T. thurstoni (Thurston's Worm Snake) · T. tindalli (Nilgiri Hills Worm Snake)

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Further Reading

• Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 352, p. 354.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2546044
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-7412
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 634595
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132414

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