Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13226803

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389D162-7555-8B3C-FCB8-A3D2FEC7FEFB

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Felipe

scientific name

Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854)
status

 

Afrotyphlops mucruso (Peters, 1854) View in CoL

Zambezi Beaked Blind Snake

Material: TM 81409

Although not recorded by ourselves, this species has been collected at Ngonye Falls ( TM 81409; Broadley and Wallach 2009). This species is widespread in Zambia, while its sister species A. schlegelii has been collected south of the Zambezi River at Katima Mulilo ( Broadley and Wallach 2009).

TM

Teylers Museum, Paleontologische

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Typhlopidae

Genus

Afrotyphlops

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