Species

Afrotyphlops schmidti

Afrotyphlops schmidti · described by (LAURENT 1956)

Afrotyphlops bibronii, a close relative of Afrotyphlops schmidti

Pictured: Afrotyphlops bibronii, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Afrotyphlops schmidti
First described
(LAURENT 1956)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Typhlopidae
Genus
Afrotyphlops
Subspecies
  • Afrotyphlops schmidti schmidti (LAURENT 1956)
  • Afrotyphlops schmidti laurenti (WALLACH 2003)

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree