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Afrotyphlops
Afrotyphlops is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Bibron's Blind Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops bibronii
Schlegel’s Beaked blind snake
speciesAfrotyphlops schlegelii
Zambezi Blind Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops dinga
Common Lined Worm Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops lineolatus
Fornasini's Blind Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops fornasinii
Slender Blind Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops obtusus
Spotted Blind Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops punctatus
Angola blind snake
speciesAfrotyphlops angolensis
Blotched blind snake
speciesAfrotyphlops congestus
Elegant Worm Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops elegans
Schmidt’s blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops schmidti
Somali Giant Blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops brevis
Calabresi’s blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops calabresii
Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus
speciesAfrotyphlops nigrocandidus
Afrotyphlops liberiensis
speciesAfrotyphlops liberiensis
Blanfords Blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops blanfordii
Rondo Worm Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops rondoensis
Gierra's Blind Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops gierrai
Steinhaus' Worm Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops steinhausi
Liwale blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops tanganicanus
Usambara blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops usambaricus
Wedgenose Worm Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops cuneirostris
Afrotyphlops chirioi
speciesAfrotyphlops chirioi
Afrotyphlops rouxestevae
speciesAfrotyphlops rouxestevae
Angolan giant blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops anomalus
Kakamega Blind-Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops kaimosae
Kenyan dwarf blind-snake
speciesAfrotyphlops nanus
Tanga Worm Snake
speciesAfrotyphlops platyrhynchus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86268.