African giant blind snake

African giant blind snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Afrotyphlops
Species:	A. mucruso
Binomial name
	Afrotyphlops mucruso; W. Peters, 1854
Synonyms
	Typhlops mucruso; Afrotyphlops mucruso; Rhinotyphlops mucruso; Megatyphlops mucruso; Typhlops schlegelii mucruso; Rhinotyphlops schlegelii mucruso; Onychocephalus mucruso; Onychocephalus dinga; Onychocephalus varius;

The African giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops mucruso), also called the Zambezi beaked blind snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
^ "Afrotyphlops mucruso". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

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[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-2] "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.

[3] "Afrotyphlops mucruso". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

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